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
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3 comments:

  1. Ray Rousell13 December 2012 at 09:20

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

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  2. Timur13 December 2012 at 10:07

    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

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  3. Benjamin of Wight13 December 2012 at 15:49

    I bet they were Freikorp 15 Ray!

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