By Fire and Sword SWE-20 King Carl X Gustav Horse Guards Regiment (Sweden)

Description

By Fire and Sword - Kingdom of Sweden: King Carl X Gustav Horse Guards Regiment
Summary: Set of unpainted miniatures for By Fire and Sword.
By Fire and Sword is a 15mm scale historical wargame developed by Wargamer. This realistic, playable and dynamic wargame recreates the 17th century wars in Europe, focusing on the periods between 1640 and 1676; a time of almost constant warfare waged by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on all fronts, in many cases with several enemies at the same time.
On 3 March 1655 Pfalzgraf Philip von Sulzbach, received a license for forming of a reiter regiment with 9 companies of 70-80 reiters each. With the decision of King Carl X Gustav the unit was granted the title of royal horse guards, probably in order to encourage volunteers to join it. However the guard rank did not go with any other privileges, the regiment remained a line unit, often used during the war. The king's reiters – as the regiment was generally called – were a part of the Swedish army at Ujście, they took part in the battles at Żarnów, Gniezno, Warszawa (where they faced a winged hussars charge), Filipów and in sieges of Kraków, Malbork and Gdańsk. In 1657 the regiment was sent to Denmark where it served until the end of the war.
Set contains:
Philip von Sulzbach's base:
1 Officer
1 Musician
1 Standardbearer
3 horses
Lieutenant-Colonel's base:
1 Officer
1 Musician
1 Standardbearer
3 horses
Major's base:
1 Officer
1 Musician
1 Standardbearer
3 horses
3 Companies of Armored Veteran Reiters:
18 Reiters
18 horses
2 Companies of Veteran Reiters with Arquebuses:
12 Reiters with Arquebuses
12 horses
Plus:
3 metal spears
13 3x4cm bases
Swedish Command Banners Set
Swedish cavalry.  Multi-part plastic and metal miniatures.  15mm scale.
Pack contains thirty-nine cavalry .  Miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly.
Company: Wargamer
Line/Series: By Fire and Sword
Stock Number: SWE-20
Contents: Thirty-Nine (39) Miniatures
Sculpto: N/A
Scale: 15mm
Material: Plastic and White Metal Alloy
Condition: New