Palatinal Reiter-Regiment Prince Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken, 1756–1763
Austrian dragoons painted as heavy cavalry troopers of Reiter-Regiment Prince Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken. These 1:300 scale Heroics & Ros figures are surprisingly detailed despite their small size.
Proprietor
- Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, 1751–1775
Commander
Garrison
- Mannheim
Organisation
- Regimentsstab (regimental staff)
- 1. Eskadron
- 1. (Leib)Kompanie
- 2. Kompanie
- 3. Kompanie
- 2. Eskadron
- 4. Kompanie
- 5. Kompanie
- 6. Kompanie
- 3. Eskadron
- 7. Kompanie
- 8. Kompanie
- 9. Kompanie
Uniform
- white coat with 12 yellow metal buttons
- red collar (officers had no collar, but a small red patch underneath the first coat button)
- 12 buttons on the left coat front, buttonholes on the right
- red cuffs with 3 buttons
- red turnbacks
- white and red aiguillette on the right shoulder
- gold aiguillette for officers
- black stock
- straw-coloured vest with yellow metal buttons
- straw-coloured breeches
- white boot cuffs and tall black riding boots for mounted service
- black tricorne hat without edging, black cockade
- silver hat border for officers
- yellow chabraque with white edging
- black pistol holsters, and yellow holster covers with white edging
Campaign History
- Palatinal Cuirassiers, 1757–1763
Lineage
- Reiter-Regiment Pfalzgraf Max, 1770
- Reiter-Regiment Prinz Max, 1777
- 2. Kürassier-Regiment von Winckelhausen, 1790
- 4. Chevauleger-Regiment, 1799
- 1. Chevauleger-Regiment Kurfürst, 1799
- 2. Chevauleger-Regiment Kurfürst, 1804
- 2. Chevauleger-Regiment König, 1806
- 4. Chevauleger-Regiment König, 1811
- 17. (Bayerisches) Reiter-Regiment, Ausbildungs-Eskadron, 1921