The uniform worn by the Regiment de Loewendahl Infanterie, one of many German units in French service, during the Seven Years' War period.Those of you with long memories might remember a post here at the Grand Duchy of Stollen blog from March 2009 in which I ruminated about possible historical uniforms to "borrow" for my own fictitious armies. One thing I mentioned in that post was the veritable plethora of non-Prussian, non-Austrian German units in the French army and Reichsarmee of the SYW-era. Many of those units, if not most, had rather colorful uniforms and unique standards.
You might also recall that I mentioned the Loewendahl regiment (shown above) in particular thanks to its relatively simple uniform, which I think might lend itself to more rapid painting than is usually the case here at Stollen Central. Fine and dandy. I put the thought of all this on a mental back burner and forgot about it for several months.
But a few days ago, I began thinking ahead to the next few units in the ol' painting queue. To my frustration, it seemed difficult to unearth any information about the Loewendahl Regiment's regimental standard, something I lamented here. Well, it's amazing the things you can accomplish at the computer with a dozing baby in your lap. Look what I found by trawling the internet further over the weekend:
You might also recall that I mentioned the Loewendahl regiment (shown above) in particular thanks to its relatively simple uniform, which I think might lend itself to more rapid painting than is usually the case here at Stollen Central. Fine and dandy. I put the thought of all this on a mental back burner and forgot about it for several months.
But a few days ago, I began thinking ahead to the next few units in the ol' painting queue. To my frustration, it seemed difficult to unearth any information about the Loewendahl Regiment's regimental standard, something I lamented here. Well, it's amazing the things you can accomplish at the computer with a dozing baby in your lap. Look what I found by trawling the internet further over the weekend:
The regimental standard carried by the Loewendahl Regiment during the Seven Years' War.
The Colonel's standard carried by the regiment as part of the French armySo, I think this is the next unit of infantry I'll add to Stollen's army after completing a General von Tschatschke, his ADC, and another battery of artillery. Now, the historical Loewendahl Regiment was disbanded in 1763, following the end of the SYW. However, I'll bend history a bit and rationalize that a single battalion, contrary to what most history books indicate, made its way across Central Europe and Brandenburg-Prussia to the Grand Duchy of Stollen, offering its assitance to Grand Duke Irwin-Amadeus II, who accepted eagerly.
The above provides a nice excuse to paint a less common unit in fairly simple uniforms with a pretty flag. Since my Loewendahl Regiment will no longer be in French service, they will just carry their regimental standard, without the white Colonel's color. But I'm puting the cart before the horse. Still a few things to paint on my table before I can move onto this unit with a clear conscience. Charge!
The above provides a nice excuse to paint a less common unit in fairly simple uniforms with a pretty flag. Since my Loewendahl Regiment will no longer be in French service, they will just carry their regimental standard, without the white Colonel's color. But I'm puting the cart before the horse. Still a few things to paint on my table before I can move onto this unit with a clear conscience. Charge!
Comments
I still like La Marck better . . . but that hardly matters . . . it is your army, sir.
-- Jeff
Now, do I detect a new trend in Stollen: to use 'historical' uniforms straight from their prototype, rather than 'Stollenian' ones?
Then, uniforms are not eternally hard-wearing. Maybe when entering Stollenian service the surviving battalion of Loewendahl would receive new ones -conforming to the regimental tradition, but using the ligther blue of the Leib (Grand Duchess Sonja's Own) Grenadiers?
Best Regards,
Stokes
Yet, as for their exact shade of blue in stollenian service, specially now that Bavarians are officially no longer in 'cornflower blue'...