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Livgarden til Fods
(Foot Guards) |
Grenadier Corps |
Århusiske National Regiment |
Oldenborgske National Regiment |
| Drawings by Worgewitz from
1728 depicting Danish uniforms. The cuffs for the national militia
soldiers do not correspond to the regulations from 1711 and 1716 which
are reported below. For all regiments, the facing colours are also
darker than they were in real life. |
The
Danish uniform regulation introduced on 24 October 1711 not only meant that
the Danish army would henceforth be dressed in red coats. To distinguish the
different regiments, some of them also received stripes of various colours
on their cuffs. The exact design of these new cuffs does not seem to be
completely certain as there are different descriptions in the literature.
Therefore, on this page I have made a verbatim account of the information in
my literature and included the pictures of the cuffs from these books.
The
regulation of 1711 covered only the regiments that were at home in Denmark
and not the regiments in the auxiliary corps that participated in the War of
the Spanish Succession in the service of the Maritime Powers until 1714.
After these regiments had returned to Denmark, a new uniform regulation was
issued in 1716 which covered the whole army. Some regiments then had their
cuffs changed and later in the 1720s further changes took place as can be
seen from the drawings that Worgewitz made in 1728 (some of them are seen
above), albeit that Worgewitz's depictions often did not correspond to
reality.
A
contemporary plate illustrating the appearance of the m/1716 cuffs can be
found at the bottom of this page, but this does not
seem to be entirely credible either. Unfortunately, there are no
contemporary colour images of Danish uniforms from the time before
Worgewitz's drawings. What we have are Rosenborg Castle's relief's from
1704-1706 which can be seen below, and which show how large the sleeves were
at this time. Then we also have an engraving from 1709 that shows the
Grenadier Corps' probably atypical triangular cuffs at the time of Christian
Gyldenløve's funeral (1703). That picture is
on another page.
National militia soldiers depicted in 1704-1706 on a relief on the ceiling
of Rosenborg Castle's knight's hall
1711 and 1716 Regulation
Cuffs
Below, I compare my most important sources for the
appearance of the cuffs. The plate from 1716, an
article by Daniel Schorr and two uniform books by
Karsten Skjold Petersen. I have also had look in Lars-Eric Höglund's uniform
book about the Danish army. Unless otherwise noted, Schorr's images describe
both m/1711 and m/1716. Skjold Petersen does not actually describe the
regulations themselves, but rather how the design really looked like when
the uniforms were issued to the regiments.
The greatest uncertainty appears to be the prince
regiments and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Danish regiments. For the prince
regiments, both Karstens Skjold Petersen and Lars-Eric Höglund follow the
order of the plate and not Schorr. Regarding the numbered "Danish
regiments", Höglund, on the other hand, follows Schorr, while Skjold
Petersen is considerably vaguer in his second book. In his first book from
2005, Skjold Petersen simply stated that their appearances were unknown. But
in the absence of information about why the plate is not reliable, I have
chosen to follow it on my own pages.
Infantry
| |
The Plate
(1716) |
Daniel Schorr |
Karsten Skjold Petersen (2014 and
2005) |
|
Livgarden til Fods
(Foot Guards) |
 |
 |
Paille yellow
cuffs with silver stripe. White buttons and buttonholes. |
|
Grenadier Corps |
 |
 |
Light blue (bleumerant)
cuffs. White buttons and buttonholes.
Earlier he wrote that they had "silver edge" like
the Foot Guards. |
|
Dronningens Livregiment
(Queen's Life Regiment) |
 |
 |
Yellow cuffs
with white buttons. |
|
Prince Christian
(m/1711) |
|
 |
Black cuffs
with yellow buttons. |
|
Prince Christian
(m/1716) |
 |
 |
Light blue
cuffs with two black stripes. White buttons. |
|
Prince Georg |
 |
 |
Aurora cuffs
with blue stripe + blue stripe on the sleeve. White buttons. |
|
Prince Carl |
 |
 |
Light blue
cuffs with orange stripe + orange stripe on the sleeve. White buttons. |
|
Zepelin/Sjællandske |
 |
 |
Feuille
morte cuffs with two white "sløjfer" and yellow buttons. |
|
Jyske |
 |
 |
White cuffs
and yellow buttons.
Earlier he wrote that they had white buttons. |
|
Fynske |
 |
 |
Green cuffs
with yellow buttons. |
|
Oldenborgske |
 |
 |
1712: Light
green cuffs with a white stripe.
1716: Light green cuffs with aurora stripe. Yellow buttons (1714) |
|
Marine
Regiment |
 |
 |
1714: Steel
grey cuffs with white "sløjfer" and yellow buttons.
1716: Aurora cuffs with white "sløjfer" and yellow buttons. |
|
First
Danish |
 |
 |
Light blue
cuffs with white stripes and yellow buttons. |
|
Second
Danish |
 |
 |
Blue and
yellow cuffs with yellow buttons.
In the 2005 book, he wrote that the cuffs were unknown. |
|
Third
Danish |
 |
 |
Green and
white cuffs with yellow buttons.
In the 2005 book, he wrote that the cuffs were unknown. |
|
Fourth
Danish |
 |
 |
Black and
yellow cuffs with yellow buttons.
In the 2005 book, he wrote that the cuffs were unknown. |
|
Hansen |
Disbanded
1713 |
 |
White cuffs. |
|
Baartig |
Disbanded
1713 |
 |
Orange cuffs. |
|
East Sjællandske
National Regiment |
 |
 |
Red, white
and light blue cuffs with yellow buttons. |
|
West Sjællandske
National Regiment |
 |
 |
1714: Aurora,
red and white. Yellow buttons.
1717: Paille, red and green. Yellow buttons. |
|
Fynske
National Regiment |
 |
 |
Green cuffs
with a red and a white stripe. Yellow buttons. |
|
Ålborgske
National Regiment |
 |
 |
Yellow cuffs
with red-blue stripes. Yellow buttons. |
|
Århusiske National Regiment |
 |
 |
Blue, reda and
black cuffs. Yellow buttons. |
|
Riberske National
Regiment (m/1711) |
|
 |
Black cuffs
with red-blue stripe. Yellow buttons. |
|
Riberske National
Regiment (m/1716) |
 |
 |
Red cuffs
with two blue stripes. Yellow buttons. |
|
Viborg-Lolland's
National Regiment |
Disbanded
1717 |
 |
Red,
paille-yellow and green cuffs. Yellow buttons. |
|
Oldenborgske
National Regiment |
 |
 |
Feuille
morte cuffs with two or three stripes with the combination white-light
blue-white. Yellow buttons. |
|
Cavalry
|
| |
The Plate
(1716) |
Daniel Schorr
(button colour not mentioned) |
Karsten Skjold Petersen (2014 and
2005) |
|
Livgarden til Hest
(Horse Guards) |
 |
 |
Blue cuffs
with white buttons.
Earlier he wrote that the cuffs were light blue/bleumerant
with a silver edge and white buttonholes. |
|
Livregement til Hest
(Life Regiment on Horse) |
 |
 |
Yellow cuffs.
The buttons were white in 1730. |
|
First Sjællandske |
 |
 |
Black cuffs |
|
Third (Second) Sjællandske |
 |
 |
Yellow and
black cuffs. |
|
First Jyske (m/1711) |
|
 |
Feuille
morte cuffs with white stripes.
In the 2005 book, he wrote that the cuffs were unknown. |
|
First Jyske (m/1716) |
 |
 |
Yellow cuffs
with white stripe and white buttons 1716-1734.
Earlier he wrote that the cuffs were unknown until 1722 when they were
orange with a white stripe and white buttons. |
|
Second
Jyske |
 |
 |
Feuille
morte-cuffs. The buttons were yellow in 1735.
Earlier he wrote that the cuffs were unknown until 1722 when they were
orange. |
|
Third
Jyske |
 |
 |
1714:
Dark green cuffs. (Buttons were yellow in 1735)
1716: Light blue cuffs with two aurora coloured stripes.
Earlier he wrote that the cuffs were unknown until 1722. |
|
Fourth
Jyske |
 |
 |
Violet cuffs with white "sløjfer" until1722.
Earlier he wrote that the cuffs were unknown until 1735. |
|
First Fynske |
 |
 |
Dark green cuffs with a
white stripe. The buttons were white in 1735. |
|
Second Fynske |
 |
 |
Green and aurora
coloured
cuffs. The buttons were yellow in 1735. |
|
Holstein |
 |
 |
Steel grey cuffs
until 1721.
Earlier he wrote that the cuffs were unknown until 1722. |
|
Württemberg |
 |
 |
Light green
cuffs. The buttons were white in 1735.
Earlier he wrote that the cuffs were unknown until 1722. |
|
Dewitz,
"Hungarian"
Cuirassiers (m/1711) |
|
 |
Steel grey cuffs with white "sløjfer".
"Sløjferna" were not mentioned in 2005. |
|
Dewitz,
"Hungarian"
Cuirassiers (m/1716) |
 |
 |
Yellow cuffs
with two light blue stripes. The buttons were white in 1730.
Earlier he stated that the cuff colour was paille in 1722. |
|
Brockdorff |
Disbanded
1712 |
 |
The regiment is not mentioned in Karsten Skjold Petersen's books. |
|
Sjællandske-Fynske
National Cuirassiers |
 |
 |
Light green
and
reda cuffs.
In the 2005 book, he wrote that the cuffs were unknown. |
|
Jyske National
Cuirassiers |
 |
 |
Light blue and
black cuffs.
In the 2005 book, he wrote that the cuffs were unknown. |
|
Life Dragoons |
 |
 |
White cuffs.
The buttons were white in 1735. |
|
Bülow's "Hungarian"
Dragoons |
Disbanded
1714 |
 |
Orange cuffs (Rodsten's dragoons) |
|
Württemburg-Oels |
 |
 |
Aurora
coloured cuffs.
In the 2005 book, he wrote that the cuffs were unknown. |
|
|
| |
The Plate
(1716) |
Daniel Schorr |
Karsten Skjold Petersen (2014 and
2005) |
|
The Artillery (m/1711) |
|
 |
Danish Corps
1710-1723: Dark blue cuffs and yellow buttons
Holstein Corps 1714-1716: Violet cuffs with yellow buttons.
1711-1716: Violet cuffs with yellow
buttons.
1716-1722: Dark blue cuffs and yellow buttons. |
|
The Artillery (m/1716) |
 |
 |
Daniel
Schorr's Article
Below follows a compilation of the information about
the Danish uniform regulations from 1711 and 1716 that Daniel Schorr had
published on the now defunct website www.northernwars.com. This particular
section was an abridged version of Daniel Schorr's article on
Danish-Norwegian uniforms 1709-1720 which was included in The Courier, Vol.
VIII, No. 2 (1988). The black and white images below were the only ones
found in that article. The colouring above is therefore my own and is based
on the text in Schorr's article. The regiments
in red text were included in the auxiliary
corps that was in the service of the Maritime Powers until 1714 and they
were therefore not included in the regulation from 1711.
|
Infantry |
|
Cuff Type |
Cuff Colour |
Lining |
Buttons |
|
Livgarden til Fods (Foot Guards) |
A |
Paille |
Paille |
Silver |
|
Grenadier Corps |
A |
Blue |
Blue |
Silver |
|
Dronningens Livregiment |
A |
Yellow |
Yellow |
Pewter |
|
Prince Christian (m/1711) |
A |
Black |
Black |
Brass |
|
Prince Christian (m/1716) |
E |
1. Light blue, 2. Black |
Light blue |
Pewter |
|
Prince Carl |
H |
1. Blue, 2. Orange |
Blue |
Pewter |
|
Prince Georg |
H |
1. Aurora, 2. Blue |
Aurora |
Pewter |
|
Zepelin/Sjællandske |
C |
Feuille morte with white lace |
Feuille morte |
Brass |
|
Fynske |
A |
Green |
Green |
Brass |
|
Jyske |
A |
White |
White |
Brass |
|
Oldenborgske |
D |
1. Green, 2. Aurora |
Green |
Brass |
|
Marine Regiment |
B |
Aurora with white lace |
Aurora |
Brass |
|
First Danish |
D |
1. Blue, 2. White |
Blue |
Brass |
|
Second Danish |
D |
1. Blue, 2. Yellow |
Yellow |
Brass |
|
Third Danish |
D |
1. Green, 2. White |
Green |
Brass |
|
Fourth Danish |
D |
1. Black, 2. Yellow |
Yellow |
Brass |
|
Hansen |
D |
1. White, 2. Steel grey |
Steel grey |
Brass |
|
Baartig |
D |
1. White, 2. Orange |
Orange |
Brass |
|
East Sjællandske
National Reg. |
F |
1. Red, 2. White, 3. Blue |
Blue |
Brass |
|
West Sjællandske National Reg. |
F |
1. Red, 2. White, 3. Aurora |
Aurora |
Brass |
|
Fynske National Reg. |
F |
1. Red, 2. White, 3. Green |
Green |
Brass |
|
Riberske National Reg. (m/1711) |
F |
1. Red, 2. Yellow, 3. Black |
Yellow |
Brass |
|
Riberske National Reg. (m/1716) |
E |
1. Red, 2. Blue |
Red |
Brass |
|
Århusiske National Reg. |
F |
1. Red, 2. Black, 3. Blue |
Blue |
Brass |
|
Ålborgske National Reg. |
F |
1. Red, 2. Blue, 3. Yellow |
Yellow |
Brass |
|
Viborgske National Reg. |
F |
1. Red, 2. Paille, 3. Green |
Paille |
Brass |
|
Oldenborgske National Reg. |
G |
1. Red, 2. Blue, 3. White, 4. Feuille morte |
Feuille morte |
Brass |
|
Cavalry
|
|
Cuff Type |
Cuff Colour |
Lining |
|
|
Livgardet til Hest |
A |
Blue |
Blue |
|
|
Livregiment til Hest |
A |
Yellow |
Yellow |
|
|
First Sjællandske |
A |
Black |
Black |
|
|
Third (Second) Sjællandske |
D |
1. Yellow, 2. Black |
Yellow |
|
|
First Fynske |
D |
1. Dark green, 2. White |
Dark green |
|
|
Second Fynske |
D |
1. Aurora, 2. Green |
Green |
|
|
First Jyske (m/1711) |
D |
1. Feuille morte, 2. White |
Feuille morte |
|
|
First Jyske (m/1716) |
I |
1. Yellow, 2. White |
Yellow |
|
|
Second Jyske |
A |
Feuille morte |
Feuille morte |
|
|
Third Jyske |
J |
1. Blue, 2. Aurora |
Blue |
|
|
Fourth Jyske |
C |
Violet with white lace |
Violet |
|
|
Holstein |
A |
Steel grey |
Steel grey |
|
|
Württemburg |
A |
Light green |
Light green |
|
|
Dewitz, "Hungarian" (m/1711) |
C |
Steel grey with white lace |
Steel grey |
|
|
Dewitz, "Hungarian" (m/1716) |
D |
1. Yellow, 2. Blue |
Blue |
|
|
Brockdorff |
C |
Violet with white lace |
Violet |
|
|
Jyske National
Cuirassiers |
D |
1. Light blue, 2. Black |
Light blue |
|
|
Sjælland-Fynske
Cuirassiers |
D |
1. Light green, 2. Red |
Light green |
|
|
Life Dragoons |
A |
White |
White |
|
|
Bülow's Dragoons |
D |
1. Aurora, 2. White |
Aurora |
|
|
Württemburg-Oels |
A |
Aurora |
Aurora |
|
|
Artillery
|
|
Cuff Type |
Cuff Colour |
Lining |
Buttons |
|
Artillery (m/1711) |
A |
Violet |
Violet |
|
|
Artillery (m/1716) |
|
Dark blue |
Dark blue |
Brass |
The Plate from 1716
Below is a plate showing how the Danish army's cuffs
should look like according to the 1716 regulation. (Rigsarkivet,
Landetatens arkiv, Krigskancelliet). The image has become somewhat
darker here than it is in Karsten Skjold Petersen's book from 2005, from
which I have taken it.
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