1:72nd scale Flags

Napoleonic Wars

Austria and Prussia

 

 
Between 1741 and 1816 an Austrian infantry regiment was composed of a different number of companies. Each line infantry regiment had one predominantly white coloured "life" flag and several predominantly yellow "ordinary" or regimental flags. The rule was the same with the cavalry standards.
When new flag patterns were introduced, many of the regiments kept their older patterns instead in case these had not been too damaged. So, during the napoleonic wars, there were still some flags of the Austrian war of succession period flewn.
1/72- 87: Austria 1741-1756

Infantry: 1 Life flag, 2 Ordinary flags / Hungarian infantry: Life flag and Ordinary flag / Cavalry: 1 Life standard, 2 Ordinary standards.
1/72-88: Austria 1756-1781/92

Infantry: 1756-1781 pattern 1 Life flag, 3 Ordinary flags / Cavalry: 1 Life standard, 3 Ordinary standards.
1/72-89: Austria 1781, 1792, 1804

Infantry: 1 Life flag and 1 Ordinary flags each of 1792 and 1804 pattern / Cavalry: 1 Life standard, 2 Ordinary standards 1792 and 1804.
1/72-90: Austria 1806-1816

Infantry: Life flag 2 variations, 3 Ordinary flags (2 variations) / Cavalry 1806 pattern 3 Life standard, 3 Ordinary standards.

1/72-91: Austria 1806-1816 actually flewn samples

Infantry: 1 Life flag and 1 Ordinary flag 1792 pattern / 1 Life flag and 1 Ordinary flag 1806-16 pattern / 1 Life and 1 Ordinanry flag 1756-1781 / 1 Ordinary flag 1741-1756 / Cavalry: Ordinary standard 1741-1756, Life standard and Ordinary standard 1756-1781, Life standard and Ordinary standard 1792, Ordinary standard 1807-1816.

Prussia

 
Prussian Infantry

During the reign of Frederik the Great, each company but the grenadiers flew its own flag. A regiment composed of 10 companies (=2 bataillons) was given 10 flags. Up to 1806 the regiments kept their old flags with designs received about 50 years ago. As during the 1806 campaign the Prussian army was nearly completely scattered, also masses of flags were lost.

Reorganized in 1807/1808, the still existing flags which had been saved, where distributed to the newly raised troops. Others got new flags of a more modern pattern.

1/72-53a: Prussian Infantry 1756-1806

1 Life Flag and 1 Regimental Flag each: Line Infantry Nr. 36 (1806 v.Putkamer) / Line Infantry Nr. 34 (1806 Prince Ferdinand) / Line Infantry Nr. 28 (1806 Malschitzki) / Line Infantry Nr. 35 (1806 Prince Henry).
1/72- 76: Prussian Infantry 1813-1815 Guards and Grenadier-Bataillons (1)

1st East Prussian. Grenadier Bat. until Oct. 14th, 1814 / West Pruss. Grenadier Bataillon until Oct. 14th, 1814 / Silesian Grenadier Bat. until Oct. 14th, 1814 / Life Grenadier Bat. until Oct. 14th, 1814 / 1st Foot Guard Regt., Bats. I and II, from June 20th, 1813 on / 2nd Foot Guard Regt., Bats. I and II, from June 20th, 1813
1/72- 77: Prussian Infantry 1813-1815 Guards and Grenadier-Bataillons (2), Foot Artillery

Pommeranian Grenadier Bat, until Oct. 14th, 1814 / 2nd East Pruss.Grenadier-Bat. until Oct. 14th, 1814 / Emperor Alexander Grenadier Guards, Bats. I and II, from Oct. 14th, 1814 on / Foot Artillery of the Guard from 1808 on / Foot Artillery of the Line from 1808 on.
1/72- 78: Prussian Infantry 1813-1815 Line Infantry (1)

1 Flag each for Bats. I and II - from Juli 1st, 1813 on: 1st Line Infantry (1st East Pruss.) / 2nd Line Infantry (1st Pommeranian) / 3rd Line Infantry (2nd East Prussian) / 4th Line Infantry (3rd East Prussian).
1/72- 79: Prussian Infantry 1813-1815 Line Infantry (2)

1 Flag each for Bats. I and II - from Juli 1st, 1813 on: 5th Line Infantry (4th East Pruss.) / 6th Line Infantry (1st West Pruss.) / 7th Line Infantry (2nd West Pruss.) / 8th Line Infantry (1st Brandenburg).
1/72- 80: 1/72-80: Prussian Infantry 1813-1815 Line Infantry (3)

1 Flag each for Bats. I and II - from Juli 1st, 1813 on: 9th Line Infantry (2nd Pommeranian) / 10th Line Infantry (1st Silesian) / 11th Line Infantry (2nd Silesian).
1/72- 81: Prussian Infantry 1813-1815 Militia/Reserve-Infantry(1)

10 different Militia and Reserve Infantry Flags. Historical patterns and variations. Officially, these units were forbidden to carry their flags in the field. Nevertheless, there were some flags flewn in action.

Prussian Cavalry 1800-1815


The lost 1806 campaign lead to a reorganisation of the Prussian army in 1807/08. During the 1815 campaign the cavalry comprised, besides the guard formations and the militia-cavalry: 4 regiments of cuirassiers, 6 of dragoons, 8 lancers and 12 hussars of the line.

As standards the mounted troops were, as like as the infantry, furnished with older flags of the period before 1806. These were quite different patterns, some of them reaching back to the reign of Fredrik William I. The standards now were totally mixed, some dragoon regiments got old cuirassier flags and vice versa. In some cases the same flags of one older regiment were distributed to several new regiments so that these flew identical flags now. At the end of 1814 some regiments were given quite new flag patterns.


Hussars and Lancers received their standards but after the 1815 campaign, the militia cavalry did not carry standards in 1815.

Lancers and mounted militia 1800-1815.

 

1808-1815 there were 8 regiments of lancers of the line. In addition, all 1813 raised militia cavalry and the East Prussian National Cavalry were armed with the lance.

1815 raised Lancers Nr. 4-8 were composed of detachments which came from various already existing units, they carried their old uniforms and lance pennons. Some of the squadrons indeed were Hussars without the lance.

The Squadrons Nr. 1-3 of the 6th lancers for example had been the former Lützow-Ulanen with their black uniforms, squadron Nr. 4 were men of the former Hanseatic Legion!

During the 1815-campaign the 4 Prussian army corps together had 17 regiments of lancers and militia-cavalry.

Nr. 1/72-182: Prussian Cavalry 1743-1807
Per Regiment 1 Standard each, if not otherwise stated:

Guards Cavalry: Regiment Gardes du Corps 1798-1815, Life Standard, Regimental Standard. Line Cuirassiers: Regt. Nr. 1, 1753-1806 / Regt. Nr. 2, 1753-1806 / Regt. 4, 1753-1807 / Regt. Nr. 5 / Regt. Nr. 7, 1753-1806 / Regt. Nr. 8, 1753-1806 / Regt. Nr. 12, 1753-1807 Life Standard, Regimental Standard. Line Dragoons: Regt. Nr. 1, 1753-1806 / Regt. Nr. 2, 1753-1806 / Queen´s Regiment Nr. 5, 1753-1807 / Regt. Nr. 6, 1753-1806 / Regt. Nr. 9, 1753-1806 / Regt. Nr. 11, 1753-1806. Line Hussars: Regt. Nr. 1 / Regt. Nr. 2 / Regt. Nr. 3 / Regt. Nr. 4 / Regt. Nr. 5 / Regt. Nr. 6.
Nr. 1/72-183: Prussian Cavalry 1808-1815
Per Regiment 1 Standard each, if not otherwise stated:

Guards Cavalry: Regiment Garde du Corps (until 1813 = "3rd Cuirassiers"), 1807-1815 and 1807-1813 one each / Light Guard Cavalry Regt. from Dev. 1814 / Life Guard Hussars from Feb. 24th, 1815 / Dragoons of the Guard, from Feb. 24th, 1815. Cuirassiers of the Line: Brandenburg Regt. (1808-1813 Nr. 4) from 1813-1815 on Nr. 3 / Silesian Nr. 1, 1808-15 / East Prussian Nr. 2, 1808-1815. Lancers of the Line: West Prussian Nr. 1, from Okt. 1814 on, + 2 Lance pennons. Line Dragoons: Queen´s Dragoons Nr. 1, 1807-1815 / 1st West Prussian Nr. 2, 1807-1815 / Lithuanian Nr. 3, 1807-1815 / 2nd West Prussian Nr. 4, 1807-April 1815 / 2nd West Prussian Nr. 4, from April 1815 / 2nd West Prussian, from April 1815 - alternate pattern / Brandenburgian Nr. 5, 1807-1815 / Newmarket Nr. 6, 1807-1815. Line Hussars: Nr. 8, Okt. 1814-1815 / Pommeranian Nr. 5, Okt. 1814-1815.
Nr. 1/72-63: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (3). Squadron of Lifeguard Lancers/Lancers of the Guard 1809-15, 3rd Lancers 1808-1815

19 pennons for Lancers of the Guard, 32 pennons for 3rd Lancers.

1/72-64: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (4). 1st West Prussian and 2nd (Silesian) Lancers 1808-1815

18 pennons for 1st (West Prussian) Lancers, 20 pennons for 2nd (Silesian) Lancers.
1/72-65: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (5). Regular pattern for all Lancer Regiments from March 13th, 1815 on

38 pennons.
1/72-66: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (6). Lance pennons. Lützow Freikorps, Hellwig Freikorps, Hanseatic Legion, march 1813 - march 1815

Lützow Freikorps: 14 pennons / Hanseatic Legion 11 pennons / Hellwig Freikorps 15 pennons.

1/72-67: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (7). 4th Lancers from March 1815 on

20 pennons.for 1st Squadron / 20 pennons for 2nd Squadron.
1/72-68: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (8). 5th Lancers from March 1815 on

20 pennons for 1st Squadron / 20 pennons for 2nd Squadron.
1/72-69: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (9). 6th Lancers from March 1815 on

23 pennons for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Squadron / 17 pennons for 4th Squadron.
1/72-70 Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (10). 7th and 8th Lancers from March 1815 on

20 pennons for 1st Squadron 7th Lancers / 18 pennons for 4th Squadrons of 7th and 8th Lancers.
Nr. 1/72-71: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (11). Lance pennons. East Prussian National Cavalry 1813-15

12 pennons each for squadron Nr. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Nr. 1/72-72: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (12). Lance pennons. Silesian Militia Cavalry and Silesian Freiwillige Jäger march 1813 - march 1815

Militia Cavalry: 9 pennons each for squadron Nr. 1, 2, 3 / Freiwillige Jäger: 1st squadron 6 pennons / 2nd squadron 6 pennons / 3rd squadron 2 pennons.
Nr. 1/72-73: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (13). Lance pennons. East Prussian, West Prussian and Brandenburg Militia Cavalry march 1813 - march 1815

East Prussian and Brandenburg Militia: 21 pennons / West Prussian: 20 pennons.

1/72-74: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (14). Lance pennons. Pomm., Newmarket, Churmarket Militia Cavalry, march 1813 - march 1815

35 pennons suiting all above mentioned units / 6 pennons for 5th Squadr. Churmarket Militia.
1/72-75: Prussian Lancers 1800-1815 (15). Lance pennons. Rhenian, Elbian, Westfalian Militia Cavalry, march 1813 - march 1815

14 pennons for each of above mentioned units.