1632 LUTZEN GREEN (GRUENES) LEIBREGIMENT HESSEN KASSEL - COLOURS (WAR FLAG)

 It is always difficult to imagine the flags of the TYW: if for nations like Swden or the Imperial or Bavarian is still simple, due to a lot of examples that survived till today, for minor states it becomes much more challenging. I saw on TMP a lot of messages concerning this point and people contestating others.

In my (modest) case I tried to reproduce the 12 flags (1 per company) of the Gruenes Leibregiment present at the battle of Lutzen in 1632.

As far as I got, it is evident that Hessen Kassel, like a lot of other German States after the Battle of Breitenfeld in 1631 opted to join the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, rising new regiments to fight alongside the Lion of the North. These German States, out of respect and for imitation as well, adapted and adopted the pattern of the Swedish War Flag.

With this principle in mind, I started to conceive the colours of this regiment: I used Swedish patterns, but with coat of arms of Hessen Kessel, and with the flak of the colour of the regiment as it seems to be a not contestated pattern by no one.

I also decided to keep the Colonel flag in white, considering that this was the Leibregiment of Hessen Kassel. 

So here the Colonelle flag.

Besides this I interpretated the Swedish Flags with details of Hessen Kassel, like coat of arms. 

and from this 

I did this template:

Even though I do like this one on the top, I had to write off because it has no green colour at all and hence not usable for my Gruenes Leibregiment

Well, on TMP they made me note that the Lion must be faced towards the pole and the green a little less dark. So I agreed and I modified my templates making all 12 companies.