Hanoverian Légion Britannique, 3rd Battalion, 1760–1763
Major von Appelboom (Appelbaum), commanding officer of the 3rd battalion, electoral Hanoverian Légion Britannique in the Seven Years’ War. This homecast 40 mm Prince August miniature has been undercoated chocolate brown and painted with artists‘ acrylics. The miniature then received a protective varnish of «Lascaux Transparent Varnish 1-UV gloss». Major von Appelboom and his black horse are mounted on a 23 × 51 mm magnetic sheet iron wargame base compatible with Charge! wargame rules. The officer wears a british sash and cockade made of »Pattex Repair Express Putty«.
The 3rd battalion of the Légion Britannique was primarily engaged in petty warfare, although they did fight in the battles of Warburg and Vellinghausen.
Formation
- Major von Appelboom, Commanding Officer
- Staff
- 1. Kompanie
- Officers (4)
- NCOs (7)
- Feldsher (1)
- Musketeers (112)
- 2. Kompanie
- 3. Kompanie
- 4. Kompanie
- 3-pdr. Battalion Guns (2)
- Dragoner-Eskadron
- Officers (4)
- NCOs (8)
- Feldsher (1)
- Trumpeter (2)
- Dragoons (88)
Uniform
- white coat with 13 pewter buttons
- orange cuffs with three buttons
- orange turnbacks with one button
- white shoulder strap with one button, on the left shoulder
- black neck stock
- orange waistcoat with pewter buttons
- straw-coloured breeches
- black gaiters
- tricorne with green cockade, black loop and pewter button, as well as small white side pompoms
- natural leather waistbelt
- infantry sabre with brass crossguard, black scabbard with brass throat and chape, suspended from a natural leather crossbelt
- black cartridge pouch on a natural leather crossbelt
- dark brown Tornister haversack and metal canteeen
- sergeants wore silver lace on waistcoat and cuffs
- officers wore a crimson sash, silver gorget, and silver lace on tricorne, waistcoat, and cuffs
Dragoons wore the infantry uniform, but with a white aiguillette on the right shoulder, and black boots instead of gaiters. Shabracks and pistol covers were red with white bordure, and the monogram of King Georg II, the cinch was white and orange, and the valise orange with white bordure.
Bibliography
- Rang- und Conduitenliste der Officiers der Légion Britannique
- Bleckwenn, Hans: Die friderizianischen Uniformen: 1753–1786 (Dortm. 1984)
- Düring, G. W. von: Geschichte des Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburgischen Karabinier- und Jäger-Korps (1828)
- Niemeyer & Ortenburg (Hrsg.): Die Chur-braunschweig-lüneburgische Armee im Siebenjährigen Kriege. Gmundener Prachtwerk (Beckum 1976)
- Pengel, R.D.: Seven Years’ War, Brunswick-Luneburg (Hanover), 1740–1762