Wednesday 5 December 2018

Grenadiers, Grenadier Regiment, Foot Guards and Regiment 'König'. c. 1748

David Morier. Royal Collection. Are these Hessians?
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 December 2018 at 00:06

    Yes they are. They had a Regiment "König" because the landgrave was king of Sweden.

    Cheers

    André

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  2. Anonymous6 December 2018 at 02:38

    According to this book, p.23, they are Hessian-Cassel army, yes:

    https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22426610406&searchurl=tn%3Dmilitary%2Bdrawings%2Band%2Bpaintings%2Bin%2Bthe%2Broyal%2Bcollection%26sortby%3D20%26an%3Da%2Be%2Bhaswell%2Bmiller%2Band%2Bn%2Bp%2Bdawnay&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image17

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  3. Ralphus6 December 2018 at 05:37

    thanks

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