Prussia Infantry Regiment No.
5 "Alt-Praunshweig".
The uniform was introduced in 1752. The colour of
the coat was prussian blue with the tie and the cocktail
cuffs being red. Breeches, waist-coat and borders
were coloured in light brown. Officers wore 30 embroidered
golden bows: on the borders there were 12, two in
the back, and on the waist, sleeves and pockets were
each decorated with four bows. After the "Seven Years
War" the embroidery on the borders was omitted. The
non-commissioned officers uniforms were decorated
with 10 yellow laces: in twos under each packet's
flap, cuff and in the back. The white Tambour braids
were designed rhomboid, coloured yellow and blue.
The flags were light-yellow with a blazing red cross;
on a white shield in the center, you could see an
eagle, flying to the sun. Above, there was situated
a light-yellow ribbon, with the words "Pro Gloria
et Patria" written on it. The painting was golden.
The standard flag was white with a blazing red cross.
Its shield was coloured light-yellow and the ribbon
was white.
The Regiment was founded in 1655 as Eulen-burgsches
Regiment. After it became customary in the Prussian
army to name each regiment after its current commander
in chief. From 1755 it took its name after Herzog
Ferdinand von Braunschweig (Brunswick). All the figures
have separate heads enabling each figure to be made
into a grenadier or musketeer. Each figure comes with
one head as illustrated, except 407 which has both
heads. |
