Hey Mr. TrippleT ... good find with that uniform site .. I also found it yesterday and have been reading through it!
First of all infantry and marines uniforms were very different with regards to colours depending on your regiment affiliation, however I seem to be finding some similarities that should be taken into account.
Now the one thing I must immediately urge you to reconsider is the blue/yellow scheme you have noticed in your post above ... blue and yellow are the colours of Sweden the sworn arch enemy of Denmark in that period of history. And almost all Swedish uniforms were distinctly coulored in blue and yellow.
Blue and Yellow = Sweden
Red and White = Denmark
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The large picture you post is not neccecarily Danes as the article is about all the northern states and their 250 years of almost constant wars.
What I am getting at is that there might have been the odd Danish regiment with bluish and yellowish colur schemes but it would simply be really bad taste to have those colours in a Danish mod ... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/piratesing.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Danish Infantry Uniforms 1699-1712
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The color plate illustrates the cuffs for all of the Danish infantry regiments in the period 1699-1712; and in addition, presents individual figures representing typical Danish infantry of the time.
Until now no original color illustrations or pictures from the period have been found. The colors have been taken from textual information in the Rigsarkivet, and the basis for the uniforms and other equipment are mainly based on the Rosenborg Loft stuccos from 1706 which shows the Land Militia in 1704. In addition, there are a few original items in the Tøjhus in Copenhagen.
(From left to right)
1. Musketeer, Fynske Regiment, in cassock
The cassock is a reconstruction from a small engraving which illustrates Frederik 4’s anointing 15 April 1704. As mentioned in an earlier article in Chakoten, no clear drawing or description of the Danish cassock has been found. As a result, this is the illustrators impression of how this clothing item appeared.
2. Non-commissioned Officer, Prins Carls Regiment
Non-commissioned officers’ distinctions from the period are unknown, but there must have been some. Probably the distinctions were on the hat and eventually the cuffs and buttonhole border in either gold or silver according to the button color, and the indispensable non-commissioned officers’ cane. The hat is an early model with only one side fastened up. Non-commissioned officers did not carry a firearm, except in the grenadier companies, but were instead armed with halberd and infantry sword.
3. Grenadier, Kronprinsens Regiment
He is armed with a grenade firearm, here drawn after the Tøjhus model 1734, but there was hardly a great deal of difference with earlier models. This grenade firearm was especially useful in the many trench combats and sieges of the time. Likewise, he is carrying a small handaxe with which all grenadiers at the beginning of the 1700’s were equipped. Inspiration for this quite useless armament, which quickly disappeared again, probably came from combat with the Janissary (Turkish elite troops) around 1700. On the whole, the Turkish opponents inspired many military fashion traditions. Grenadier caps are one of them, and thatr infantry officers over the next 50 years are always portrayed in cuirass is another.
His grenadier cap with fur front is reconstructed after the description in Vrigny, and is how the Southern European caps appeared. The crown could also be of the “shark fin model†which one can see on contemporary French grenadier caps.
4. Grenadier Non-commissioned Officer, Dronningens Regiment
Grenadier non-commissioned officers carried the NCO cane, musket, short bayonet and infantry sword, but never the halberd.
5. Officer, Schacks Regiment
As a sign of rank he carries a short pike, possibly on used on parades. In the field he was further armed with a pair of pistols which were placed in the sash. As further signs of rank, he wears a gorget, sik sash and a wig.
6. Musketeer, Sjællandske Regiment
He is attired in red leather gaiters, a clothing item which appears around 1700. In Denmark it is mentioned for the first time in the Resolutions of 1712. On his back he has a “ransel†(backpack) in which he kept his personal items in the field.
7. Musketeer, Oldenborgske Nationale Regiment
His uniform and equipment are drawn after the stucco in the Rosenborg Loft. Notice that he is not wearing a hairbag. If the hair was quite long, it was placed up under the hat, eventually in the form of a “hestehalefrisure†(pony tail hair style).
8. Drummer, Jydske Regiment
Danish drummers appear not to have worn reverse colors, which one often sees in Southern Europe at this time. He is only furnished with a pointed collar, which is also on the figure in the stucco in the Rosenborg Loft. If the regimental commander had money, and the desire to use it, the drummer could also have red-white braid on the arms, front, back and pockets. The drums were probably of painted wood, and decorated with the regimental arms or the King’s double monogram. Drums of brass were used at this time in Brandenburg-Prussia, but such items appear to have been too expensive in Denmark.
Danish Cavalry Uniforms 1699-1712
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Danish West Indies Colonial uniforms ca. 1750
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Notice the colonial soldiers to the right in the picture with white trousers and red coats!
Danish East Indies and other Colonial uniforms ca. 1800
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And finally our King Christian IV on board the flag ship TREFOLDIGHED (which I will be getting back to ... <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Look at the many different looks around that ship! Anyway if you look at the soldiers (marines) with armour and feather hats and at the gunners they are wearing red coats!
So Mr. TrippleT, if you ask me I see alot of white in those uniforms from the pictures above and also a lot of red and really not that much blue and yellow <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Anyway don't mind my ramblings to much Thomas, it's just that the Dane in me is ... hmm ... well ... challenged for the lack of a better word, when seeing the Swedish colours suggested for a Danish mod <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Thank you for doing this Thomas, it is very much appreciated
All the best
Frans
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