Escuadrón del Círculo de la Alta Renania de la Guerra de los Siete Años, 1756–1763

The Oberrheinische Kreis-Eskadron was established in 1702 with a strength of 150 troopers. When the palatinal army was reduced in 1745, the squadron was incorporated into Reiter-Regiment Graf Elliot de Morhange. Raised again in 1754 with a strength of 174 troopers, the squadron joined the 2nd and 3rd squadron of Reiter-Regiment Zweibrücken to form the Regimiento Coraceros Palatinado for the duration of the Seven Years’ War.

The troopers of the cavalry squadron of the Upper Rhenish Circle shown here are 1:300 scale Austrian Dragoons by Heroics & Ros. Austrian dragoon figures may be used, because palatinal cavalry troopers stopped wearing the cuirass after the War of Spanish Succession.

Dueño

Comandante

Guarnición

• Oberamt Oppenheim, 1712 –

Organización

• Regimentsstab (regimental staff)
  • Oberst (colonel)
  • Oberstlieutenant (lieutenant-colonel)
  • Oberstwachtmeister (major)
  • Regiments-Quartiermeister (regimental quartermaster)
  • Auditor (auditor)
  • Feldkaplan (field chaplain)
  • Adjutant
  • Regimentsfeldscherer (regimental surgeon)
  • Wagenmeister (wagon master)
  • Profos und Steckenknecht
• 1. Kompanie (54 men, 54 horses)
• 2. Kompanie (54 men, 54 horses)
• 3. Kompanie (54 men, 54 horses)

Uniforme

On 1 Juli 1754, the Oberrheinische Kreis-Eskadron was re-established from three companies, Kompanie Graf Wittgenstein, von Schmid and von Helmstädt, of the Palatinal Leib-Dragonerregiment Frau Kurfürstin von der Pfalz. These men continued to wear their red Leib-Dragoner uniforms with red facings, at least until the uniforms had worn out and were to be replaced by regulation cavalry uniforms of the Oberrheinische Kreis-Eskadron. Accordingly, wargamers and diorama builders may depict the Oberrheinische Kreis-Eskadron in red dragoon uniforms during the early part of the Seven Years’ War.

• white coat with 12 white metal buttons
• light blue collar
• light blue cuffs with white metal buttons
• light blue turnbacks
• white-blue aiguillette at the right shoulder
• silver aiguillette for officers

• black stock with white lace
• straw-coloured vest with white metal buttons
• straw-coloured trousers
• white boot cuffs and tall black riding boots for mounted service
• black tricornio hat, black cockade, white-blue side-pompoms
• silver hat border for officers

• light blue chabraque with white border
• black pistol holsters, and light blue holster covers with white border
• light blue square valise with white border

Historia de Campañas

• Regimiento Coraceros Palatinado, 1757–1763

Tradición

• 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

In 1770, the Oberrheinische Kreis-Eskadron was incorporated into Reiter-Regiment Pfalzgraf Max. Converted to a chevauleger regiment in 1799, the unit was named 4th Bavarian Chevauleger-Regiment König in 1811. In 1920, the regiment became the training squadron of the 17th (Bavarian) Reiter-Regiment of the German Reichswehr.

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Círculo de la Alta Renania del Ejército Imperial

– Publicado: 26.06.2007 – Actualizado: 01.03.2009
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