Dutch infantry flags (2)

In 1752 the Dutch army was reorganised so that all infantry regiments, be it National, German, Scottish or Swiss, would have two battalions (exept the Wallooon regiment who kept its 3 battalions for some years). The Scotisch regiments became national regiments in 1783 but no there was no change in their organisation of 7 companies per battalion.
The Walloon regiment lost its third battalion around 1790 (as guard Walloon battalion which used as a light unit) and the Walloon regiment consists of two battalions as other regiments.

Every line battalion had 7 companies: 1 grenadier and 6 fusilier.
An exception to this rule were the Swiss regiments:
- the guard Swiss had 4 companies per battalion
- the Swiss line had 6 companies
Guard and Swiss line had the grenadiers included in the line companies so had no seperate  grenadier companies although it is possible that in the field they combined their grenadiers into a company per battalion.
Existing regiments in 1752 were combined into this new structure or disbanded.

Although I have found no definitive proof, I think that this reorganisation led to new flags for the regiments but it is possible that at first the regiment which existed and into another regiment were amalgamated kept its old flag.

The new regiment now had two flags per battalion and mostly had:
- the colonels flag in white. The flags we know are ecru or an off white colour and bore:
      x mostly the coat of arms of the province who paid for the regiment (see underneath),
      x sometimes the coat of arms of  the States General of the Republic itself (as these were sometimes also the paymaster of a regiment),
      x the Nassau and/or Orange regiments and the Hollandse garde probably had the Prince of Oranges heraldric weapon and     
      x maybe sometimes the coat of arms of the proprietor (a lot of flags are not known so who knows).
- the regimental flag(s) which was coloured and bore probably the colonel/proprietor coat of arms. In the case that the Stadholder was proprietor, these flags were probably orange.

The Swiss guard regiment was again an exception as they had a flag for each company so four flags per battalion of which one was the colonels and three the companie flag. (it is not known if all these colours were carried in the field).

The Swiss line regiments had according to the reglement of 1791 still 6 flags per battalion (it is not known if all these colours were carried in the field).

Colonels'/Provincial flags
Afaik up to this moment the flag of the province was white (or "ecru" coloured, an off-white colour) with the coat of arms of the province mostly on a field of throphies like flags, cannons etc with the banner of the provincial motto and various small extras as grenades in the corners of the flag or arms with swords coming out of a cloud.
Sometimes both sides of the flags are the same but a flag is known with on one side the provincial coat of arms and on the other side the Republic coat of arms.

Of some provinces, flags of the revolutionary period are known and I will shown them here in the near future.
The colonels flags of the swiss regimetns are partly known and are described in a book of the 1780 period.

In the regiments of which the Stadholder, the Prince of Orange was proprietor, the colonels flag was afaik also white/off-white and bore the heralcic coat of arms of the prince of Orange.

Regimental flags
The regimental flags of the colonel/propretor, probably coloured, are very rare (better-none exists anymore) as these flags were taken by the colonel as the regiment was disbanded or the regiment received a new propietor. Also almost no prints exists of Dutch flags (at least I don't know) of this period.
Colours and coat of arms of these flags are mostly not known and no pictures/prints exists. Only guessing and deducting can be done.
For the swiss flags some pictures exits; I will show them in the near future.

Foreign troops
Foreign troops had their own flags, if I have them, I will show them in the future.