Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (3) by Terence Wise

Author:Terence Wise
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (3): Colours, Standards and Guidons of Anhalt, Kleve-Berg, Brunswick, Denmark, Finland, Hanover, Hesse, the Netherlands, Mecklenberg, Nassau, Portugal, Reuss, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Westphalia
ISBN: 9781780966274
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

23. Portugal: battalion flag of the 9th Line Infantry, 1806 pattern. (The bugle horn is shown in error; this should be the ribbon and cross device shown correctly in Plate E1 and E2.)

24. Portugal: 1806 pattern for cavalry standards. See correction described undr Fig 23.

There is one other source, a book entitled Colleçcaon des novos uniformes da tropa portugueza, Lisbon, 1806, which consists of 75 engraved and coloured plates depicting officers and men of the infantry and cavalry with the regulation uniforms of that date, and in the background of each plate there is visible the flag of the regiment to which the figure belongs. These flags are only lightly sketched but, together with the various decrees and regulations, and the fragments of items Aa 129, 131, 144, 145, 146 and 147–1479 in the Musée de l’Armée catalogue, they do enable reconstructions of the Line Infantry flags and cavalry standards to be made—reconstructions which are in accordance with those produced by the Museu Militarin 1910.

The reconstructed 1806 pattern for the ‘King’s Colour’ issued to infantry regiments is illustrated in Plate E1, which shows the obverse of the King’s Colour of the 9th Line: the inscription round the edge of the central white field was not added until 1813–14 and then only on the flags of the 9th, 1 ith, 21st and 23rd Line: see below. It is assumed this flag would have been carried by the 1st Battalion.

The reconstruction of the 1806 pattern for the ‘Regimental Colour’ is illustrated in Fig 23, that of the 9th Line, presumably carried by the 2nd Battalion: yellow field, blue scroll with gold lettering, other detail as Plates E1 and E2.

The reconstruction of the basic 1806 pattern for cavalry standards is illustrated in Fig 24. (The bugle horn device below the central emblem in Figs 23 and 24 is an error, and should be a ribbon and cross as in the colour plates).

The reverse of these Colours and standards was of the same design as the obverse.

The inscriptions on the infantry flags (Section XXVIII above) were re-affirmed on 11 February 1807.

According to the decree of 19 May 1806, the army was divided into three grand divisions—North, Centre and South. All units belonging to the Northern Division were allocated uniform linings of yellow, those of the Centre Division white linings, and those of the Southern Division scarlet linings. Individual regiments within each division were identified by the colour of collar and cuffs. Therefore, the following listings define the cravat colour for all regiments, based on collar and cuff colours; and the fields of the Regimental Colours for infantry and artillery regiments, based on 1, he coat lining colour.

Cavalry Regiments: field colour determined by squadron, not Division. Cravat colour: 1st–3rd Regiments, white; 4th–6th, scarlet; 7th–9th, yellow; 10th–12th, light blue.

Artillery Regiments: field colour scarlet for all four regiments. Cravat colour dark blue for all regiments. (This last does not agree with the dress regulations, which give red collar and cuffs for 1806–09.)

Infantry Regiments:

No Name Field Cravat

1 Regt. de Lippe white dark blue & white

2 Regt.

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