This rather flashy regiment was raised in 1700.
It has yellow collars, cuffs, lapels, waistcoats, and breeches.
It fought st the battles of White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth Courthouse, Connecticut Farms, and Springfield.
This regimental flag is by Adolfo Ramos. Other sources show it as being purple and white.
Drummers had purple facings, and white lace with a purple stripe. The drum hoops were purple and white.
The regimental colonel was (officially) none other than Landgraf Friedrich II himself; in 1783 it passed to his son, Erbprinz Wilhelm, and became known as the Erbprinz regiment.
Overall, a most striking unit!
Now that is a uniform!! Lovely work on them and they should really stand out on the table, handy for opposition riflemen!!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work Peter...the Hessians certainly add a bit of European style to this period!
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