In my previous post I
said I was going to be painting an unusual Austrian Regiment and here
it is.
This is taken from
Kronoskaf: “For the moment we have very few information on the
uniform in 1756, at the outbreak of the war. Most of our references
describe the uniform in 1762. However, Muhsfeldt and Schirmer mention
that, in 1756-57, the coat was white lined red (therefore red
turn-backs), the distinctive colour was red and the waistcoat and
breeches were blue.N.B.: in his work, Gustav Ritter Hubka, mentions
that, from 1714 till 1767, the uniform of this regiment had ponceau
red lapels and cuffs, and yellow buttons. Furthermore, from 1757 to
1767, he mentions a blue waistcoat and blue turn-backs with white
breeches. Even though, this description seems very surprising, it
must be pointed out that Hubka has been Oberlieutenant and
Regiments-Adjutant in this regiment, so he might have had access to
privileged sources.”
I am going with the colour scheme of Gustav Ritter
Hubka so white coat, blue waistcoat and turnbacks. White trousers.
Red cuffs and lapels.
As for the flags, they were probably not used by
this regiment which spent most of the WAS in Italy and was not
present at Hohenfriedberg. But I think the red-white stripes
perfectly match this regiment. One of the problems of painting the
Austrians for the WAS is not the number of strange and unusual
designs (which I rather like actually) but rather attributing them
with any certainty to any particular regiment.
The second battalion and grenadiers will follow
later this year. Figures are from Sash & Sabre.
