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Banners, Flags, Standards and Lance-pennants
HÄT 8011 Napoleonic French Lancers.
Information
concerning flags.
French Lancers of the Line lance pennons and standards during the Napoleonic Wars period.
1812 there were 7 french
and 2 polish regiments of the line. Whereas the polish lanciers
wore the czapska and a blue dress, the french regiments had the
brass helmet as headgear and were dressed in green uniforms.
1815
the napoleonic army again comprised 6 french regiments of chevauleger-lanciers
in their characteristic green dressing.
The french chevaulegers-lanciers
de Ligne
carried bi-coloured pennons on their lances. The combination of
colours was different for the various regiments.
French Cavalry
lance-pennons were of considerable large size! The wooden pole should
have been blackened, but often was of natural brown appearance.
French flags - more simply known as "eagles" were basically the same design for all regiments. The only difference were sizes for infantry, cavalry and artillery and in some cases for the guard. Also the regimental numbers and the names of battles in which the individual regiment had taken part differed.
In 1811 the tricolore flag had been introduced to the army, some regiments of the Grande Armee got them in time for the 1812 campaign, others continued to fly their old 1804 pattern. As the lancers of the line had been established in the second halve of 1811 (the men for regiments Nr. 1 - 6 came from disbanded dragoon regiments, Nr. 7 and 8 were the former Polish lanciers de ligne) and the 30th regiment of chasseurs became Nr.9, it is very likely that they did the russian campaign with the 1811 pattern flags.
Flag-staves were dark blue and topped by a gilded eagle.
More detailed informations
on Napoleonic French flags can be found in:
FLAGS AND STANDARDS OF THE
NAPOLEONIC WARS, Keith Over, Bivouac Books Ltd, first published
1976.
FLAGS OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS (1), Terence Wise / Guido
Rosignoli, Osprey Men-at-arms-series Nr. 77, first published 1978.
1/72
ROFUR-FLAGS French
Flags Napoleonic Wars list.
1/72
ROFUR-FLAGS French
Flags Waterloo list.
ROFUR-FLAGS 1/72 series
sheets contain
the following flags that could be used with
HÄT 8011 Napoleonic French Lancers.
1/72-23: France 1809-15. Lance
pennons (2)
Lancers of the line.
Regiments 1 to 6 Chevau-Légers Lanciers de Ligne: 19 pennons.
7th and 8th Chevau Légers Lanciers de Ligne: 11 pennons.
9th Chevau-Léger Lanciers de Ligne: 4 pennons.
1st and 2nd Chevau-Légers Lanciers de Berg: 4 pennons each.
2nd elite-squadron 31st Chasseurs à Cheval 1813/14: 3 pennons.
1/72-104:
French Army 1815 (1):
Chevaulegers
Lanciers de Ligne, Regiment Nr. 1-6.
Standards and Lance
pennons.
Regimental standard for each Regiment and 33 lance pennons, identical for all 6 regiments.
1/72-117: France, Great Army 1812, Flags 1804-1812 (3)
Chevaulegers-Lanciers de Ligne, Eagle (standard) 1812-1814 pattern:
1 standard
of 2nd Regt.
1 standard of 6th Regt.
1/72-118: France 1804-1814 (1)
2 lance pennons for Chevau-Legers Lanciers de Ligne:
Regt.
Nr. 1 - 6: 1 example.
Regt. Nr. 7 - 8: 1 example.
1/72-127: France
1812-1814 (1)
Chevaulegers-Lanciers de Ligne, Eagle (standard) 1812-1814 pattern:
1 standard of 3rd Chevaulegers-Lanciers.
1 standard of 4th Chevaulegers-Lanciers.
1/72-131: Franceh
1812-1814 (2)
Chevaulegers-Lanciers de Ligne, Eagle (standard) 1812-1814 pattern:
1 standard of 1st Chevauleger-Lanciers.
1 standard of 5th Chevauleger-Lanciers.
1/72-132: France 1804-1815 (3)
Chevaulegers-Lanciers de Ligne, Eagle (standard) 1812-1814 pattern:
1 standard of 4th Chevauleger-Lanciers.
1/72-106: Waterloo 1815 (2)
Chevaulegers-Lanciers de Ligne, Eagle (standard) 1815 pattern:
1 standard of 1st Chevaulegers-Lanciers.
1/72-173:
French Army 1809-15, Lance-Pennants (4)
2. Chevau-Légers
Lanciers de la Garde, 1. - 6. Chevau-Légers Lanciers
de Ligne.
41 Lance-pennants for Regts. Nr. 1 to 6 of Line-Lancers.
