ROFUR-FLAGS 
1:72nd
scale high quality
Banners, Flags, Standards, Guidons, Pennons
Ottoman
Empire / European-Turkish Wars
16th - 17th centuries
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The
Great Nordic War
Polnish
winged Hussars
These
heavily armoured and decorated Men were the elite of the Polish
cavalry. Coming from the gentry by birth, they had a very high
social ranking and surrounded the king in war. All members
of a company - usually comprising between 100 and 150 men - had
an identical lance pennon. The Courtriers company - the king´s
life guard - was larger and it´s pennons were of more individual
patterns concerning colouring and shape.
On September 12th, 1683, at the
Kahlenberg Hill near Vienna, the Ottoman siege army had been
beaten by Christian troops under Johann Jan III. Sobieski of Poland.
His winged Hussars presented to him the green Flag of the Prophet
they had taken from the Turks during that battle.
1/72-59a: Polish
Winged Hussars, 2nd half of 17th Cent. I
1 Banner and 9 large
lance pennons. Pennons identical as for one company.
1/72-60a: Polish Winged Hussars, 2nd half of 17th Cent. II
1 Banner and 9 large
lance pennons. Pennons identical as for one company.
1/72 ZVEZDA
8041 von Thomas Willers
Polnische Flügelhusaren 16. - 17. Jh.
Polish
winged hussars 16th and 17th cent.
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Highly
recommended:
Osprey Men-at-arms Nr. 184: Richard Brzezinski/Angus
McBride, Polish Armies 1569-1696
(I)
Osprey Warrior: Richard
Brzezinski/Velimir Vuksic, Polish
Winged Hussar 1576-1775
Ottoman Army
Friendly
support of research work by Teoman Yanikolgu
Janitssaries
Janissaries
had first been raised around the midth of the 14th century. They
built sort of a household army which directly was under command
of the Sultan. Janissaries were feared as keen soldiers and only
young Christian prisoners were allowed to join the elite formation.
They were garrisonded without any contact to civilians. When later
also Muslims were accepted as recruits, the strength of the Jannissary
army rised from about 20 000 men at the end of the 16th century
to more than 130 000 in 1826, the year when this troop was dissolved.
1/72-214: Ottoman
Empire:
Janissaries
5 Janissary
flags with unknown destination, 3 Janissary company flags, 1 ottoman
flag version often used by troops.
>>>Concerning
shape and symbols, the flags may well be used for moslem troops
during crusades as well as for later periods!
1/72-215: Ottoman
Empire:
Cavalry and Infantry Flags
16 flags and
4 pennons.
>>>Concerning
shape and symbols, the flags may well be used for moslem troops
during crusades as well as for later periods!
1/72-56a:
Russia. Streltsi ca. 1700
Regimental
Flags for Regts. Nr. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
