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by danschorr » Mon Oct 21, 2013 7:46 pm
Information on Saxon colours and standards pre-1697 is extremely difficult to come by. Hottenroth (Geschichte der sächsischen Fahnen und Standarten) provides this:
“Each company carried a standard or a colour whose field was in the facing color of the coat. These colours and standards were of the type from the time of the Thirty Years War that is they had symbolic [allegorical] pictures, mottos, coats of arms or monograms and also the Rautenkranz”. This description might only apply to infantry regiments because cavalry (cuirassier) regiments had no facing color on their uniform, although I have recently came across a source that provides the color of some of the standards.
Plate 10, numbers 1 and 2, in my booklet to which Günter referred you represent two colours from the pre-1697 period. However, I must point out that number 1 is incorrect. I have since discovered new information on its appearance, but have not gotten around to changing it.
Plate 11, numbers 5 and 6, also represent colours pre-1697. They were taken from the Arsenal and issued to a new regiment in 1705, but lost to the Swedes in 1706.
Günter’s recommendation that you modify the flags numbers 3 and 4 on Plate 10 by changing the crown to a kurhut would not work as the monogram is FARP or Freidrich August King of Poland. Also the use palm branches date from around 1700, not before.
I hope this is of some help. If you need any more assistance, please PM me.
Regards,
Dan