Friday, March 26, 2021

I.R. #3, Erzherzog Karl

The White Menace Returns, or the Kaiserlicks Strike Back!
 
This is Infanterie Regiment No. 3, recruited in Lower (Inner) Austria.


The Inhaber of this Regiment from 1780 - 1847 was none other than Karl-Ludwig-Johann-Josef-Lorenz, Erzherzog von Osterreich, aka Archduke Charles.

This regiment has "sky blue" facings and pewter buttons. It seems that "sky blue" was a considerably deeper blue than we would think today. I therefore used Delta CC  "Bluejay" for the facing color. 


In 1809, the regiment formed part of Ezherzog Ludwig's V Corps. The regiment fought at Landshut, Teugen, Abensberg, Eggmuhl, and Ratisbon.


 Later, it formed part of the I Corps, and fought at Essling, where it was heavily engaged on the 2nd day of the battle, and as part of the IV Corps, at Wagram. It was considered one of the best regiments in the Austrian army. 

20 comments:

  1. Blue Jay is a good choice. Many times when “Sky blue” is mentioned, I often translate it as Medium blue.” Good looking figures, Peter!

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    1. Thanks, Jon. I am really enjoying painting these older Old Glory figures that were part of the "300 Austrians" purchase 10 years ago.

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  2. Good lookin` unit, makes me want to paint some lead!

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    1. Thanks, Joe; surely that's a good outcome from reviewing a blog post!

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  3. Eye catching shade of blue especially on white.

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    1. Thanks, Gary; I also like the look of the medium blue with pewter buttons.

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  4. Yes, another one...another splendid one!

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    1. Merci, Phil. There are quite a few more to be painted, but eventually some more Hungarians, Grenzer, and Grenadiers will appear as well.

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  5. Another lovely looking unit there:)

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    1. Thanks, Steve. I do enjoy painting Austrians!

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  6. Another great looking regiment of Austrians!

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    1. Thank you, Dean. Perhaps you should add some Kaiserlicks to your own painting plans?

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  7. An eye catching unit👍 The Austrians can look so smart.

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    1. The simplicity of their uniform always looks good!

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  8. Lovely work Peter and, as others have said, that blue on a white uniform looks great. It was always may favourite facing colour with the Spanish for that reason.

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    1. hank you, Lawrence. Almost every facing color looks pretty good on a white uniform, which was part of the motivation behind the short lived "white" uniform for the French of circa 1807.

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  9. Lovely looking additional Austrian regiment, nice facing colour!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks, Iain. There are a lot to choose from!

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  10. Excellent painting and basing Peter.
    The unit has a bit of work to go with 'eyes right' though. The fellow looking ahead to keep them in line is fair enough, but I see that the drummer is having to tell the commander which is his left and right!
    Regards, James

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  11. Ah but James, they are passing in review before his Imperial and Royal Highness off to the right, don't you see? :-)

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