1:72nd scale Flags

Battle of Waterloo 18-06-1815

 

Battle of Waterloo / Hanover / Brunswick

 

The Napoleonic Army

After Napoleon had come back from Elba, the army he raised was furnished with new flags which were in some points different from the patterns flewn in former years and generally of a more simple production.


Flagpoles were painted dark blue, cords and tassels golden.

A thanks for friendly support in case of research goes to Alfred Umhey.

British Army

Each regiment flew 1 Union Jack with regimental cyphers ("King´s Colour") and 1 Regimental Colour, generally in the basic colour of the regiment´s facings. The Foot Guards colours followed own rules, each company had one of its own and they were carried in rotation.
The ensign with the King´s Colour had his place right besides the Regimental Colour. Sergeants with pikes protected the flags.

Cords and tassels were mixed golden and red, the poles were brown or blackened.
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British Infantry, Allied Troops: King´s German Legion Line Bataillons, 1 King´s Colour and 1 Bataillon Colour / 1st Foot Guards, Major´s Colour / Nassau, 2nd Light Infantry flag.

French Troops, Flags of: 1st Grenadiers of the Guard (Elba-Flag) / Mounted Chasseurs of the Guard / 25th and 28th Line Infantry flags / flags for 5th and 11th Cuirassiers / 1st Lancers of the Line / 2nd Carabiniers.
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British Infantry, Alliied Troops: 33rd Foot, King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 14th Foot, King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 2. Foot Guards (Coldstream Guards), Colonel´s Colour.

French Troops, Flags of: 105th Line Infantry (flag taken by Life Guards) / 54th Light Infantry / 9th and 11th Cuirassiers.
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British Troops: 42nd Foot (Royal Highland Regiment), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 3rd Foot Guards: Lieut. Colonel´s Colour / 2nd Foot Guards, 2nd Btn 13th Company Colour.

French Troops, 1 flag each for: 2nd and 3rd Cuirassiers / 2nd Carabiniers / mounted Grenadiers of the Guard / 1st Foot Chasseurs of the Guard / 45th Line Infantry (Flag taken by Sergeant Ewarts, Scots Greys).

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British Infantry: 92nd Foot (Gordon Highlanders), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 4th Foot (King´s Own Regiment), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour.

French Troops, 1 flag each for: 1st (Polish) Lancers of the Guard / 7th Hussars / 3rd mounted Chasseurs / 4th, 54, 55th Line Infantry.
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British Infantry: 23. Foot, King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 28. Foot, King´s Colour and Regimental Colour.

French Troops, 1 flag each for: 3rd, 92nd Line Infantry / 12th Light Infantry / Empress Dragons of the Guard / 1st and 6th mounted Chasseurs.
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British Infantry: 78. Foot, King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 1st Foot (Royal Scots), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 1st Foot Guards, Regimental Colour. French Troops, 1 flag each for: 93rd and 100th Line Infantry.
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35th Foot (Sussex), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 3rd (Scots) Foot Guards, Lt. Col.´s Colour, 2nd Btn. / 52nd (Oxfordshire) Light Infantry, King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys), second Guidon 1815 / 23rd Light Dragoons, King´s Standard 1803-1815.
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2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys), King´s Colour 1815 / 79th Foot (Cameron Highlanders) King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 40th (Somerset) Foot Regiment King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / Royal Horse Guards, Union Standard 1801-1815 / 3rd (Scots) Foot Guards,11th Company Colour.
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Life Guards. King´s Standard 1815 / 1st Foot Guards, 1st Btn (2nd Coy Colour) / 27th Foot (Inniskilling) King´s Colour and Regimental Colour /54th Foot (West Norfolk) King´s Colour and Regimental Colour /10th Light Dragoons (Hussars), 3rd Squadron Guidon 1815.
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King´s German Legion Heavy Dragons 1805-16. King´s Standard / 1st Foot Guards, Lt. Col´s Colour 1st Btn. / 1st King´s German Dragoons, 4th Squadron 1805-1815 / 81st Foot, King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 44th Foot (East Essex), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour.
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Royal Dragoons, King´s Standard, 1801-1815 / 1st Royal Dragoons 2nd Squadron Gguidon 1815 / 6th Dragoons, King´s Guidon 1801-1815 / 91st Foot King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 59th Foot (2nd Nottinghamshire), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour.
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30st Foot (Cambridgeshire) King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 69th Foot (South Lincolnshire) King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 73rd Foot (Highland Regiment) King´s Colour and Regimental Colour.
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France: 8th and 29th Infantry of the Line / Hanover: Hoya Field Bataillon / Calenberg Field Bataillon / unnamed Bataillon / Gifhorn Militia Bataillon / Great Britain: 91st Regiment of Foot (Argyllshire Highlanders), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour / 32nd Regiment of Foot (Cornwall), King´s Colour and Regimental Colour.

Brunswick
Nr. 1/72-103: Brunswick Line Infantry Bataillons Nr. 1, 2, 3 and Lancer´s pennons 1815

For each Bataillon 1 "Herzogs" Colour and 1 Bataillon Colour. 8 Lance pennons.