This is the first of five Austrian German Line regiments in helmet to march off the painting desk.
The regiment's Inhaber was Feldmarschalleutnant Charles-Joseph Lamoral, Prince de Ligne, from 1770 - 1814.
This was a Walloon recruited regiment originally; later, with the loss of the Hapsburg territories in the low countries, it was recruited in Galicia.
This regiment had hechtgrau (Pike Grey) facings, a strongly blue-grey shade. The pictures make the hue look bit bluer than it actually is. The real color is best seen on the turnbacks of the officer above. The regiment had brass buttons.
In 1809, it was part of the VII Corps and fought in the Polish campaign, including combat at Razsyn.
Old Glory figures. with Adolfo Ramos flags.
Good work, Peter! With four more completed, we will be seeing Austrians for awhile.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jon! Yes, we will be "seeing white" here on the blog for a while!
DeleteGreat looking regiment. Look forward to seeing the rest
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by, Scott. Their brother regiments will be appearing in due course!
DeleteSuperb work Peter, they look great!
ReplyDeleteMerci, Phil! I was very happy with how the shading on the white came out!
DeleteTruly, the 'White menace' ;-)
ReplyDeleteI must have my sheet freshly laundered so that it is ready for action! :-)
DeleteAs suspected excellent.love those Austrian flags
ReplyDeleteAs foreshadowed! :-) The Adolfo Ramos flags are very nice, and quite reasonable in cost. They arrived within a week of placing the order.
DeleteAlways nice to see Austrians in helmets, lovely work and great looking flag!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
I am fond of the helmet myself, although the early casquet and the later shako all look good!
DeleteJust love the flags!
ReplyDeleteThe Adolfo Ramos flags are very well done and economical; the excellent GMB flags are somewhat oversized, really too large for the alloy flagstaffs of Old Glory Napoleonics.
DeleteExcellent loooking unit Peter! Great flag too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark!
DeleteVery nice and the Adolfo Ramos flag tops things off nicely. I have always found him a pleasure to deal with.
ReplyDeleteI agree, nothing but excelent service from him myself as well.
DeleteBloody beautiful Peter! They look even better in close-up than they did in the more distant shot below.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, James. I was very pleased with how they turned out as well.
DeleteFabulous mate, love my Austrians
ReplyDeleteCheers
Matt
Glad you like them, Matt!
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