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Introduction to-

Peter Bunde’s Brigade Plates.

I was introduced to these plates by a friend and customer a couple of years ago. Each plate is an in-depth look at a single regiment from the Napoleonic era. Most of the plates deal with subject matter from the German States, presenting information which is often difficult to find. At the time their coverage of the Prussian army was limited but I was struck by the clarity of the graphics and the excellent way in which the information was presented. Peter has continued to add plates, including many new ones on Prussian subjects. The text accompanying the plates was initially in German, but Peter has recently started releasing the plates with English translations making them a superb source of information. Peter has the advantage of being German so he is able to access rare primary source material and to understand the language it is written in. His research is second to none. I have checked the information in the plates as I was sculpting the Hussars and have found it to be flawless. On the very rare occasion I have disagreed with any of the information in one of his plates, I have found his conclusion to be as valid as the one I have reached, just a different interpretation of the facts available. Each plate is an in-depth look at a single regiment, giving illustrations in both parade and campaign uniform and showing officers, men, musicians and other key personnel as well as items of equipment and the colours carried where relevant. The text gives you all the background you need as well as information concerning similar regiments, the sources used in compiling the plate are also credited which adds validity to the material displayed. I can certainly recommend no better guide for collectors and painters alike.

There are presently three plates available for the Hussars: two covering line regiments – The 1st Silesian Hussars and the Brandenberg Hussars; the third dealing with the Leib Hussars (both regiments covered by the same plate). Each plate also shows the uniforms worn by the Volunteer Jaegers attached to each regiment. Peter has been working on plates for the 2nd Silesians and the Pommeranian Hussars. I have copies of the initial proofs and they are up to the usual standard. The translations for the text are being worked on at the moment and these two new plates should be available soon.

I have stocks of each of the three Hussar plates as well as some copies of the plate illustrating the Prussian Line Uhlans. The plates are £5.50 each with the English text. I do not have stocks of the rest of Peter’s plates at present but can acquire them (with the new English translations) within the week. If sales are promising, I will hold stocks of the rest of the plates in future but, for the moment, I am attaching a list of the platesavailable. I will let you know as soon as the other Hussar plates are released.

BRIGADE-PLATES

Plates with English text sheets released up to now:

#6GRAND DUCHY Of WARZAW: GUIDES OF MARSHALL PONIATOWSKI 1809

#9KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: GUARD JAEGER BATTALION 1808-1815

#10IMPERIAL FRANCE: BATTAILON VALAISAN 1806 – 1811

#15KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: SILESIAN RIFLE BATTAILON 1808-1815

#20DUCHIES OF ANHALT: INFANTRY BATTALION 1809 –1813

#36KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: GRENADIER REGIMENT KAISER ALEXANDER I 1815

#37KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: GRENADIER REGIMENT KAISER FRANZ I 1815

#40KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: EAST PRUSSIAN JAEGER BATTALION 1808-1815

#43KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: GUARD RIFLE BATTALION 1815

#44KINGDOM OF SAXONY: PRINCE CLEMENS UHLAN REGIMENT 1811-1813

#50KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: REGIMENT GUARD DU CORPS 1808 – 1813

#51KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: REGIMENT GUARD DU CORPS 1815

#53KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 1 KING OF BAVARIA 1806

#54KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 3 VON IRWING 1806

#55KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: VOLUNTEER GUARD COSSACK SQUADRON 1813-1814

#58KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st SILESIAN CUIRASSIER REGIMENT 1813

#59KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 2nd EAST PRUSSIAN CUIRASSIER REGIMENT 1813

#60KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 3rdBRANDENBURG CUIRASSIER REGIMENT 1813

#68KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 4thMAGDEBURG CUIRASSIER REGIMENT 1815

#69KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: QUEEN´S DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 5 1806

#70KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: QUEEN´S DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 1 1808-1813

#71KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st WEST PRUSSIAN DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 2 1808-1813

#71KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: LITHUANIAN DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 3 1808 – 1813

#77KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 2nd WEST PRUSSIAN DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 4 1808 - 1813

#78KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: BRANDENBURG DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 5 1808 – 1813

#79KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: NEUMARK DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 6 1808 – 1813

#85KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: POMERANIAN NATIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT 1813-1815

#99IMPERIAL RUSSIA: MOSCOW DRAGOON REGIMENT 1809-1813

#101KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 2 VON PRITTWITZ 1806

#102KGD. OF BAVARIA: NATIONAL FIELD BATTALIONS/ VOLUNTEER JAGER CORPS 1813-15

#104KGD. OF BAVARIA: NATIONAL CHEVAULEGER REG. 1813 / 7th CHEVAULEGER REG. PRINCE CARL 1813-1815

#105IMPERIAL RUSSIA: SMOLENSK DRAGOON REGIMENT 1809-1813

#106KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 4 VON KATTE 1806

#113KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st LIFE HUSSAR REGIMENT 1808 – 1813

#115KINGDOM OF SPAIN: 1st VOLUNTARIOS DE ARAGON LIGHT INFANTRY BAT. 1808 - 1815

#117KINGDOM OF WURTTEMBURG: THE LINE INFANTRY REGIMENTS 1807 – 1812

#121KGD. OF WURTTEMBURG: FOOT GUARDS 1806-1814 / REG. OF FOOT GUARDS 1814-1817

#122KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: GUARD LANDWEHR BATTALIONS 1815

#123KINGDOM OF BAVARIA: GRENADIER GUARD REGIMENT 1814

#124KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st WEST PRUSSIAN UHLAN-REGIMENT 1808-1813

#125DUCHY OF BRUNSWICK: FREE CORPS OF DUKE FRIEDRICH WILHELM “THE BLACK BAND” 1809

#126KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN: THE BRUNSWICK´S IN BRITISH SERVICE 1810-1813

#127KINGDOM OF ITALY: 1st REGIMENT OF LINE INFANTRY 1812

#128KINGDOM OF SAXONY: CUIRASSIER REGIMENT VAC. VON ZASTROW 1810 – 1813

#129KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: LIFE-UHLAN SQUADRON 1809

#130KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: GUARD UHLAN SQUADRON 1810-1813

#131KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS: LIGHT DRAGOON REGIMENT No. 4 1815

#132EMPIRE OF FRANCE: RÉGIMENT DE LA TOUR D´AUVERGNE 1805 – 1811 / 1st RÉGIMENT ETRANGER 1811 – 1814

#133KINGDOM OF SAXONY: LIFE CUIRASSIER GUARD REGIMENT 1810 – 1813

#134GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE-DARMSTADT: PROVISIONAL LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT 1812 / GUARD FUSILIER REGIMENT 1813 - 1815

#135KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: BRANDENBURG HUSSAR REGIMENT No. 3 1808 – 1813

#136KINGDOM OF ITALY: CITY OF MILAN GUARD 1812-1814

#137KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS: DE CROY HUSSAR REG. 1814 / 8th HUSSAR REG. 1815

#138KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st EAST PRUSSIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 1 1810 – 1815

#139GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN: RIFLE BATTALION LINGG 1806 – 1810

#140GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN: LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION LINGG 1810 – 1815

#141KINGDOM OF SAXONY: GARDE DU CORPS REGIMENT 1810 - 1813

#142KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st POMMERANIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 2 1810 – 1815

#143GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN: LIGHT DRAGOON REGIMENT 1807 – 1808

#144KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 2nd EAST PRUSSIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 3 1810 – 1815

#145KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 4th EAST PRUSSIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 5 1810 – 1815

#146KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st RESERVE INFANTRY REGIMENT 1813-1815 / 13th INFANTRY REGIMENT 1815

#147KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 2nd RESERVE INFANTRY REGIMENT 1813-1815 / 14th INFANTRY REGIMENT 1815

#148KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS: 2nd CARABINIER REGIMENT 1815

#149IMPERIAL RUSSIA: ARSAMAS MOUNTED JAGER REGIMENT 1812-1814

#150IMPERIAL RUSSIA: PREOBRASHENSKI GUARD REGIMENT 1812 –1815

#151KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 1st WEST PRUSSIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 6 1810 – 1815

#152KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA: 2nd WEST PRUSSIAN INFANTRY REGIMENT No. 7 1810 – 1815

#153KINGDOM OF BAVARIA: 3rd CHEVAULEGER REGIMENT CROWN PRINCE 1812

#157IMPERIAL RUSSIA: LIVLAND MOUNTED JAGER REGIMENT 1812-1814

#159IMPERIAL RUSSIA: SEMJONOWSKI GUARD REGIMENT 1812 –1815