Today in 1718 Charles XII was killed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XII_of_Sweden also see Who shot Charles XII? A mystery solved here
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| Uniform worn by Charles XII in Frederikshall on 30 November 1718. Shown in The Royal Armoury in Stockholm. |
While in the environs of Schaumburg-Lippe Bückeburg have a look at this early submarine. The Steinhuder Hecht.
Steinhuder Meer is a large lake with a fortress on it on an artificial island. Wilhelmstein. I visited it when I was a teenager. I did a German exchange (Bristol Hannover) and my hosts took me there. There is a model of the submarine there.
From the wiki
The Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Carabinier and Jäger Corps (abbreviated: Karabinierkorps) was formed in 1753 by Count Wilhelm von Schaumburg-Lippe (Bückeburg) as a light troop corps on horseback and foot. In the build-up phase, it consisted of 75 cavalry and 50 foot hunters.
Lippe-Bückeburg Carabinier in the Seven Years' War
In April 1757, a native of Poland, Herr von Monkewitz, took command of the Carbine Corps with the rank of cavalryman, which he held until the end of the seven-year-old War.
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| Truppen des Grafen Wilhelm zu Schaumburg-Lippe nach Jakob Chrysostomus Praetorius 1765 |
Here. These are the best GNW figures I have seen. I like the poses they are in too. My kind of animation.
Piotr Siwicki from Poland did this pic of a Rebel Scytheman. Based on the 1688 depiction byTaylor and other sources. I like it.
This film is reckoned by many to be the best film about the English Civil war. Wiki
Thanks to Andy for this post.
After its refurbishment.
''Model for a coat for the infantry, pattern 1756. Sometimes called the ‘late Carolean uniform’, it is in fact entirely different from the earlier coats. It is cut on the straight of the grain. The fronts are nearly entirely straight. The skirts are short and sparse. The side seams are much further towards the back, creating a cylindrical, straight and narrow silhouette'' From here
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