1732 Prinz v. Hessen-Kassel, 1753 Prinz v. Baden-Durlach
Unit History
Originally a Reichsarmee unit, it was absorbed into Austrian service. The regiment was often referred to as Durlach to avoid confusion with the unit Baden-Baden (No. 23). The unit fought at Lobositz, Leuthen, Maxen, Torgau, Bunkersdorf and Landeshut.
The unit formed part of the uncommitted left- wing that covered the retreat from Lobositz, October 1756, after the Austrian defeat. At Leuthen, December 1757, the unit fought along side the regiments Deutschmeister (No. 4) and Rote-Würzburg in defending the town against the Prussian assault.
In addition, this unit can often be confused with the Reichsarmee unit from Baden-Durlach that had blue coats with red facings. The Reichsarmee unit fought at Freiburg.
This regular Austrian unit shown is flying the colours of Baden-Durlach instead of the regular Austrian pattern and is the only Austrian regiment not to have either yellow or white lace trim on the tricorne.
Both Regimental and Lieb flags
Comments
I decided to use the Baden-Durlach flag because it is adds some colour to the regular Austrian army as well it allows me to quickly identify the unit on the table because many of the units start to look the same – the curse of most gamers – failing eyesight. With so many units in wool and with red or blue facings (at three or four feet away 28mm pompoms and hat lace are tough to determine) I find I am identifying units by their flags as any true SYW Commander would. The unit was painted in 2004.
Sources
Flag: Warflag at http://www.warflag.com/
Text: Osprey’s The Austrian Army 1740-80 (2) Infantry (Men-at-Arms 276)
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