ROFUR-FLAGS 
1:72nd
scale high quality
Banners, Flags, Standards, Guidons, Pennons
1:72nd scale
1740-1806 period
and
Seven Years War 1756 - 1763
France
Prussia
Austria
For
more 7years war flags see French
and Indian War
The Seven Years War wasa conflict between the Prussian King Frederik II. - "The Great" - and the alliied states Austria, France, Saxony, Sweden and Russia. Prussia was associated with Hanover and Graet Britain. The British Government in the first rate supported the Prussian King with money, british troops appeared in minor numbers.
The fighting not only took place
on the European theatre, but also on the oceans where Britain
and France seeked for domination in the North American colonies,
in parts of India and Africa.
Reason for the beginning of the
war was the Habsburg monarchy claiming the rich Saxon province Prussia
had taken away during the Austrian war of succession 1740-48.
The
war began in August 1756 when the Prussian army fell into Saxony
which was alliied with Austria. Saxony had to capitulate. In spring
of
1757 Prussian troops invaded Bohemia and defeated the Austrian army
at Prag on May 6th. After beeing heavily defeated at Kolin on June
18th, 1757, the Prussians withdrew from Bohemia.
In the West, the Hanovrian
Army under Cumberland was beaten by the French who afterwards marched
towards the Prussian frontier. After Sweden had joined the Austrian
Coalition in March 1757, Swedish troops attacked Prussian Pommeria.
Meanwhile a Russian army had accomplished a decisive victory on
East Prussian territory and Austrian
troops entered Silesia.
On November 5th, 1757 at Rossbach in Thuringia Frederik the
Great defeated a superior French-German army and thereafter the
Austrian forces in Silesia at Leuthen on December 5th.
1758 French troops were defeated
by an English-Hanovrian army in the battle of Krefeld on June 23rd.
On August 25th the Prussian army defeated Russian forces at Zorndorf, but
lost parts of Saxony to the Austrian Coalition and had to withdraw
into Silesia.
When attacking the united Russian-Austrian army
on August 12th at Kunersdorf, the Prussians became severely defeated
- Frederik lost about 18000 men within a few hours fighting.
1760 brought decisive victories against the Austrians at Liegnitz and Torgau, but at the end of 1761 Prussia was nearly exhausted. The death of Tsaress Elisabeth changed the Prussian position, as Tsar Peter III., sucessor on the Russian Throne, alliied with Frederik and also provoked a peace between Sweden and Prussia. After the Tsar had been murdered, the succeeding Tsaress Katharina the Great continued the coalition with Frederik II and Austrian Troops were forced to leave Silesia.
Prussian Ally Ferdinand
of Brunswick 1762 defeated the French at Wilhelmsthal and the Saxon
army at Lutterberg.
In Februar 1763 the Seven Years war
between England and France was ended with the contract of Paris. Silesia
was adjudged to Prussia which by now had to be recognized as one
of Europe´s great powers .
1/72-143: Seven Years War 1756 - 1763. French Infantry (1).
Each Regiment had one white flag and several "ordnance flags" of identical design.
Regiment Royal Roussillon white flag and ordnance flag / Regiment La Couronne, white flag and ordnance flag.
1/72-144: Seven Years War 1756 - 1763. French Infantry (2).
Each Regiment had one white flag and several "ordnance flags" of identical design.
Regiment La Marine, ordnance flag / Regiment Diesbach, white flag and ordnance flag / Regiment Piemont, ordnance flag.
Cavalry standards
most
of the cavalry regiments had 5 squadrons (2 companies each) with
one regimental standard each,
Gardes du Corps had 10.
Each 1st
Squadron flew the "Life"standard.
Nr. 1/72-182: Prussian
cavalry standards 1743-1807
1 standard per Regt. unless otherwise stated:
Guard cavalry: Regiment Gardes du Corps, 1798-1815. Life standard, regimental standard.
Cuirassiers of the line: Cuirassiers Regt. Nr. 1, 1753-1806 / Cuirassiers Regt. Nr. 2, 1753-1806 / Cuirassiers Regt. Nr. 4, 1753-1807 / Cuirassiers Regt. Nr. 5 / Cuirassiers Regt. Nr. 7, 1753-1806 / Cuirassiers Regt. Nr. 8, 1753-1806 / Cuirassiers Regt. Nr. 12, life standard and regimental standard 1753-1807 /
Dragoons: Dragoons Regt. Nr. 1, 1753-1806 / Dragoons Regt. Nr. 2, 1753-1806 / Queen´s Dragoons Nr. 5, 1753-1807 / Dragoons Regt. Nr. 9, 1753-1806 / Dragoons Regt. 11, 1753-1806.
Hussars: Hussars Regt. Nr. 1 / Hussars Regt. Nr. 2 / Hussars Regt. Nr. 3 / Hussars Regt. Nr. 4 / Hussars Regt. Nr. 5 / Hussars Regt. Nr. 6.
Infantry flags
Each Regiment of Infantry
fhad 10 companies of Musketeers (= 2 Bataillons) and 1 Grenadier
Company. Each Company flew
a regimental flag, the 1st (Life)company flew the "Life"
flag
1/72- 82: Prussian Infantry 1753-1786 (1). Regt. Nr. 1-3.
1 life company flag und 2 regimental flags per regt. Were used until 1806.
1/72- 83: Prussian Infantry 1753-1786 (2). Regt. Nr. 4-6.
1 life company flag and 2 regimental flags per regt. Were used until 1806.
1/72- 84: Prussian Infantry 1753-1786 (3). Regt. Nr. 7-9.
1 life company flag
and 2 regimental flags per regt. Were used until 1806.
1/72- 85: Prussian Infantry 1753-1786 (4). Regt. Nr. 10-12.
1 life company flag and 2 regimental flags per regt. Were used until 1806.
1/72- 86: Prussian Infantry 1753-1786 (5). Regt. Nr. 13-15.
1 life company flag and 2 regimental flags per regt. Were used until 1806.
1/72-53a:
Prussian infantry 1756-1806.
1 life company flag und 2 regimental flags each: Infantry Regt. Nr. 36 (1806 v.Putkamer) / Infantry Regt. Nr. 34 (1806 Prinz Ferdinand) / Infantry Regt. Nr. 28 (1806 Malschitzki) / Infantry Regt. Nr. 35 (1806 Prinz Heinrich).
Austria 1743-1781
Each Regiment had one white flag and several "ordnance flags" of identical design.
1/72- 87: Austria 1741-1756
Infantry: 1 white flag and 2 ordnance
flags / Hungarian Infanterie: white flag and ordnance flag / Cavalry:
1 white flag and 2 ordnance flags.
1/72- 88: Austria 1756-1781/92
Infantry: 1756-1781. 1 white flag and 3 ordnance flags / Cavalry: 1 white flag and 3 ordnance flags.
