"Horse colors for SYW Prussian Hussars..." Topic
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| ioannis | 12 Nov 2005 3:28 p.m. PST |
Did Prussian hussars during the SYW have regulations/requirements regarding regiment-specific colors for horses? I know cuirassiers, and secondly dragoons, preferred dark-colored animals – preferebly black(ish), but what about hussars? Any real references? Thanks for your inputs! Ioannis |
| clibinarium | 13 Nov 2005 12:32 p.m. PST |
According to the osprey on Frederick's cavalry as the war went on the quality of horses decreased so that even the heavies had to make do with smaller horses; possibly therefore having to use lighter coloured ones too. Beggars can't be chosers. I would imagine that the hussars therefore ended up with a lot more light coloured horses in the ranks. |
| Jemima Fawr | 13 Nov 2005 12:51 p.m. PST |
Prussian Hussars were officially given 'Polish' horses – that's basically a catch-all term for every nag that wasn't a North-German Heavy thoroughbred dark bay! So lighter-coloured and even multi-coloured horses would be typical – even more so as campaign remounts appeared. |
| ioannis | 13 Nov 2005 5:13 p.m. PST |
A good friend from Germany sent me this message… Horse colours for the Prussian cavalry according to "Die Heere der
kriegführenden Staaten 1756-1763": Dragoons
rode black or black-brown horses. After the SYW all kind of horse
colours were in use, also Schecken (multi coloured) and Tiger
(striped). Tambours and musicians rode dark coloured horses,
kettledrummers Schimmeln (white). After 1763 also tambours and
musicians rode Schimmeln. Prussian hussar regiments
1. Füchse (red brown, fox coloured) (especially preferred with white
manes and tails)
2. Schimmel (whites – dabble grey – roan)
3. Füchse
4. Schecken (you will have to find the exact English term yourself -
multi colloured)
5. Schimmel, Falben (yellow), Isabellen (isabella coloured) and
Schecken.
6. Braune (brown) and Schimmeln.
7. Rappen (black)
8. Braune and Isabellen. I am painting HR4 on multicolored mounts and it is a royal pain…sometimes, ignorance is bliss! Cheers, Ioannis |
| andygamer | 13 Nov 2005 8:11 p.m. PST |
My cheap German-English pocket dictionary has "dappled" and "piebald" under the related word "scheckenig" (although nothing for Schecken itself). So it would seem that piebald is the best translation, meaning multicoloured, to match Ioannis' German correspondent's information. |
| ioannis | 14 Nov 2005 5:28 a.m. PST |
I run a google image search with "schecken pferd" and I got blackish/dark brown with white patches…So, that's what I am painting my horses. Next time, I will pick an easier regiment… |
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