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hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP19 Jul 2024 6:58 a.m. PST

Hello everyone,
What are the most realistic flags for the armies of the Crimean War?

Those from GMB Design

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or those from Great War Miniatures ?

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Do you know of any other manufacturers that sell them for 20-25 or 28mm figurines from this war?

And what's there for Turks and Sardinians?

Titchmonster19 Jul 2024 8:28 a.m. PST

The Flag Dude or Adolpho Ramos

Disco Joe19 Jul 2024 12:04 p.m. PST

For me it is The Flag Dude. I get all my flags from him.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP19 Jul 2024 11:53 p.m. PST

I saw this but I was speaking for the Crimean War.
flagdude.com/home.php

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP20 Jul 2024 1:37 a.m. PST

So for Adolfo Ramos
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as for Great War Miniatures
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and GMB Designs
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all the flags of the Russian infantry regiments in Crimea were identical?

These manufacturers offer the standards of the Russian Imperial Guard and the Russian Grenadier Corps which, however, did not send any regiment to Crimea and therefore did not participate in this war.

For the cavalry that I saw on the sites of Adolfo Ramos and Flags and GMB Designs , that they distinguished the flags of the Russian cavalry in relation to the color of the buttons and the sleeves of the riders?


But in battle, Russian cavalrymen wore coats that hid their distinctive colors.

Adolfo Ramos offers several flags per battalion of the British Guards, company flags???

Do you think that in the British Royal Guard regiments there was one flag per company?

For the French army there are no regiments of chasseurs in the French army, but battalions of chasseurs à pied and none had flags because the corps of chasseurs à pied was a subdivision of the french infantry.

This light infantry corps created by the Duke of Orléans from 1837, is recognized by the unique flag of the Chasseurs à pied, symbol of their unity and the cohesion of this elite corps.

Later, other types of chasseurs à pied would appear, such as the chasseurs alpins in the late 19th century, chasseurs cyclistes and chasseurs portés in the 20th century.

For the chasseurs à cheval, their flag (one per regiment this time) indicated "Chasseur à cheval" on their standard after the regiment number.

Apart from the three manufacturers mentioned, do you know of any others?

Chad4720 Jul 2024 2:53 a.m. PST

Maverick model flags. Stuart will also re-size to fit your models if necessary.

Personal logo chicklewis Supporting Member of TMP20 Jul 2024 8:07 a.m. PST

Contact Flag Dude and ask him to eMail you his offerings from the Crimean war. Website doesn't do his range justice. Every flag he manufactures is a gem.

Chick

Personal logo Old Contemptible Supporting Member of TMP20 Jul 2024 6:34 p.m. PST

GMB is my go-to. Flag Dude flags are good if you can get him to sell you any. He only sells at conventions back east, which is inconvenient if you live elsewhere. In my experience, he never responds to emails. The best thing about Maverick is that he can custom-make flags. I have had him do some AWI flags for me that no one else has.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP20 Jul 2024 10:43 p.m. PST

@Chad47
Thank you, this is good information.

What he does seems valid to me (except for what I explained above for the French Chasseurs à pied).

Where is this company?

@chicklewis
It seems he never responds to emails and only sells at conventions in the East?

@Old Contemptible
If Flag Dude never responds to emails and only sells at conventions in the East, there's no point wasting time with him?

GMB ok but the two other manufacturers that I mentioned?

GildasFacit Sponsoring Member of TMP21 Jul 2024 12:30 p.m. PST

Yes, each company of a Guards regiment had its own flag. Which one was in use at any time for a bn. deployed abroad seems to be random but is supposedly decided by some scheme.

The 'Crimean' war wasn't all in the Crimea, that was just where the western allies fought. The Turks were fighting Russia in a few other theatres at the same time. I do believe that you are correct that no Imperial Guard fought on any front but I can't say for sure that no Grenadier unit was involved somewhere outside the Crimea.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP21 Jul 2024 10:33 p.m. PST

Yes it's strange we always forget the Turks in this war.

Chad4722 Jul 2024 7:03 a.m. PST

Maverick model flags are in the UK

Personal logo Sgt Slag Supporting Member of TMP22 Jul 2024 9:18 a.m. PST

I saw a number of 28mm historical (and fantasy -- yay!) flags for sale on e-Bay. I did not make a note of them, as I am not currently in the market for any. I would, however, recommend that you search e-Bay for sellers, to at least do some comparison shopping. You may find exactly what you are looking for. Cheers!

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP22 Jul 2024 10:50 p.m. PST

Maverick model flags interest me a lot.

Tabletopndice10 Aug 2024 4:04 a.m. PST

For my 28mm figures civil war GMB were great…for my 25mm Napoleonic minifigs Adolfo Ramos was just as good as he downsized his 28mil flags specially for me. highly recommend them both.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP12 Aug 2024 1:14 a.m. PST

@Tabletopndice
And Maverick model flags ?

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