"“Yeah, they were all yellow”" Topic
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Tango01  | 12 Jun 2025 4:57 p.m. PST |
"The ‘Yellow Regiment' was the short-hand or nickname for Gustav Adolph's Household Regiment that evolved from the Drabant Guard of his father and grandfather. (It was still properly referred to by the current Colonel's name.) During Gustav Adolph's reign the regiment went through several evolutions. It was always expected to serve on active service, and was often heavily engaged in the action. They were certainly not a formation only used for palaces and parades! Calling them ‘Yellow' may actually have followed them being given yellow uniforms in the mid 1620s, and their colours/flags then followed suit in being yellow as well. (For more general discussion about the Swedish ‘Colour' regiments and brigades …"
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| Red Jacket | 13 Jun 2025 8:31 a.m. PST |
Beautiful work. Is the lack of uniformity in headgear accurate for a royal guard regiment? I would expect that a high profile regiment would have stricter uniform standards? |
| Tango01 | 13 Jun 2025 4:01 p.m. PST |
Glad you like them…
Armand
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| mildbill | 14 Jun 2025 12:31 p.m. PST |
Were found lying dead in their ranks at Lutzen. |
| Tango01 | 14 Jun 2025 5:07 p.m. PST |
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proves himself a fan of splintered oars, crashing beakheads, and drummers yelling "come'mon, you scurves! The Captain wants to go water skiing, so pull harder!"
