This is the second and final cavalry unit of the Swedish Army in Finland collection. Final because only two regiments served in the theatre.
The Nyland Dragoons had a pretty revered history, being one of the original eight Swedish cavalry regiments raised in 1618. Later it assumed the title of the Nyland and Tavastehus Regiment because of it’s region of recruitment.
It was engaged in the Thirty Years and in the Great Northern Wars fighting at Poltava then surrendering at Perevolochna. Re-raised snd converted from cavalry to dragoons, it was divided in 1791 with the Tavastehus companies forming the third battalion of the Tavastehus Infantry Regiment and the Nyland companies forming the Nyland Dragoon Regiment.
In the orders of battle for the war with Russia the regiment was broken into squadrons and attached to the different brigades. The regiment was disbanded in 1809.
Great work! The yellow lacing/facing makes this unit pop.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan. I agree yellow and dark blue make a great combination. I am working on a very different unit at the moment that makes use of a similar combination and is a real eye catcher.
DeleteWell done, superb unit...and impressive faces!
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil.
DeleteAs Jon has said, the very bright yellow facings really make the unit stand out. Looking forward to the next unit that uses a similar combination of colours.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. The yellow may be a bit brighter than it really was, bit it suits me.
DeleteVery nice Mark…
ReplyDeleteClassic Swedish colours… a pleasing combination indeed.
All the best. Aly
Thanks Aly. Blue and yellow is one of my favourite combinations and I have it in many armies now.
DeleteVery nice again Mark. I'll bet it is also a relief you won't have to do any more houndstooth edging for a while.
ReplyDeleteI still have one more houndstooth edge to do…a second regiment of Prussian hussars. Thankfully that is probably six months away!
DeleteAnother very attractive looking unit of Swedish cavalry Mark
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. Much of the rest of this collection, the infantry in particular, will be in grey, although I may do some Swedish regiments (i.e. not Finnish) simply because a number of them retained their blue coats.
DeleteThose look great, the yellow really brings them to life. So difficult to find one that does not need several coats.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Stu
Thanks Stu. There are in fact two, in some cases three, coats on these to get the right pigment density.
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