Thursday, 13 December 2012

Bückeburg carabiniers

This SYW unit was one of the more bizarrely accoutred for the time with cuirasses and a capeline type helmet with a fur crest. Project SYW page

3 comments:

Ray Rousell said...

A great looking unit! I painted them up in 15mm many moons ago!!

Timur said...

And here is their history (for whose who read gothic german !) :
http://books.google.fr/books/about/Geschichte_des_Schaumburg_Lippe_Bückebu.html?id=E7sRAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y

Benjamin of Wight said...

I bet they were Freikorp 15 Ray!