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HÄT 8027 Napoleonic Austrian Infantry.
HÄT 8015 Napoleonic Austrian Cuirassiers.
HÄT 8031 Napoleonic Austrian Chevauxleger.

Information concerning flags.

Each regiment carried one "Leibfahne" and a few "Ordinärfahnen (regimentel flags) according to its number of battalions. The 1st battalion (or squadron in the cavalry) of a regiment flew the predominantly white leibfahne and one regimental flag. All other battalions had 2 regimental flags. Apart from the white coloured cloth of the leibfahne and its different back with the Holy Virgin, most of the Austrian flags followed an identical design.
Cavalry flags were smaller than those of the infantry, the design of ornaments was the same and there were no different shapes or designs for the different branches of cavalry.

As older flags were kept when new patterns were introduced, some of the flags flown by the regiments dated from abaout 100 years ago.
This ment that by the late napoleonic wars, there was a range of various different patterns of flags carried, dated back from the reigns of Maria Theresia and covering the changes and new designs going apart with territorial improvements and coronation of following Austrian emperors.

Nevertheless Austrian regimental flags generally were of very characteristic appearance with its dominating black eagle on yellow ground, within the coloured zigzag frame and spirally painted pole.

More detailed informations on Austrian 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 (2), Terence Wise / Guido Rosignoli, Osprey Men-at-arms-series Nr. 78, first published 1978.

1/72 ROFUR-FLAGS Austrian flags list.
 

ROFUR-FLAGS 1/72 series sheets contain the following flags that could be used with
HÄT 8027 Napoleonic Austrian Infantry.
HÄT 8015 Napoleonic Austrian Cuirassiers.
HÄT 8031 Napoleonic Austrian Chevauxleger.

1/72- 87: Austria 1741-1756 pattern flags.

Infantry:
1 Leibfahne, 2 Ordinärfahnen.

Hungarian Infantry: Leibfahne und Ordinärfahne.

Cavalry: 1 Leibstandarte, 2 Ordinärstandarten.

1/72- 88: Austria 1756-1781/92 pattern flags.
 

Infantry:
1756-1781 pattern Leibfahne und 3 Ordinärfahnen.

Cavalry:
1 Leibstandarte, 3 Ordinärstandarten.

1/72-89: Österreich 1781, 1792, and 1804 pattern flags.

Infantry:
1 Leibfahne und 1 Ordinärfahne of 1792 pattern and 1804 pattern each.

Cavalry:
1 Leibstandarte und 2 Ordinärstandarten of 1792 pattern and 1804 pattern each.

1/72-90: Österreich 1806-1816 pattern flags.

Infantry:
Leibfahne, 2 different, 3 Ordinärfahnen (2 different) 1806 pattern.

Cavalry:
3 Leibstandarten, 3 Ordinärstandarten.

1/72-91: Österreich 1806-1816
Samples of flags actually carried during 1806-1816.  

Infantry:
Leibfahne and Ordinärfahne 1792 pattern.
Leibfahne and Ordinärfahne 1806-1816 pattern.
Leibfahne 1756-1781 pattern, Ordinärfahne 1741-1756 pattern.

Cavalry:
Ordinärstandarte 1741-1756 pattern,
Leibstandarte and Ordinärstandarte 1756-1781 pattern,
Leibstandarte and Ordinärstandarte 1792 pattern, 
Ordinärstandarte 1807-1816 pattern.