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Banners, Flags, Standards and Lance-pennants
HÄT 9009 Napoleonic French Dragoons. 1:32 scale.
The
Dragoons of HÄT
9009 have been produced
with the "habit veste" coat which had been introduced from January 1812 on
(lapels hooked together down to the belt, short
coat tails).
This
means that generally spoken the 1804-12 flags pattern as well as
the 1811/12-14 and 1815 pattern flags may be used with the
dragoons models.
Information
concerning flags.
French Cavalry
Flags ("standards") 1804-1815
French flags 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.
When Napoleon
became Emperor of France, new flags with red and
blue corners were handed out to the each squadron in
1804, reduced to 1 per regiment (carried in the 1st squadron)
in 1808.
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.
Flag-staves were dark blue, probably green for the dragoons and topped by a gilded eagle and, with the 1812 pattern, a tricoloured cravat with golden fringe and golden cords and tassels. The eagle was carried by an officer.
1815 Napoleon had to hand out new flags to his army, which were somewhat larger and of a lighter red and blue than the previous patterns.
More detailed informations
on French Napoleonic 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.
ROFUR-FLAGS
54mm 1:32 scale Flags.
ROFUR-FLAGS 54mm series
sheets contain
the following flags that could be used with
HÄT
9009 Napoleonic French Dragoons. 1:32 scale.
1/32-11: Napoleonic Wars (2)
France: 1st Regiment of Dragoons 1812-14 pattern flag.
1/32-13: Napoleonic Wars
(4) Waterloo 1815.
France: 12th and 22nd
Regiment of dragoons 1815 pattern standard.
