How many flags in an 1809 Austrian Infantry Regiment

[Last Hussar]

Its a flag.

Just with a different name.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That is an excellent answer! Thank you.

[FierceKitty]

Two flags look good.

[John Cook]

Its a flag.

Just with a different name.

Well, yes, but they are the embodiment of a regiment's spirit and history and to describe them as 'a flag, just with a different name' would be a calculated insult to any soldier of the regiment in question, and the regiment as a whole.  It is also wrong.

[WeeWars]

I restrict my 1809 Austrian regiments to one paper fahnen each.

www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost136.htm

You can see by this list that three battalions in the field was very usual:

www.michaelscott.name/1809/knapsack/1809austrian-lineinf.htm

There are a good number of variations of fahnen available for 1809 because Austrian units appear to have been happy to carry on carrying old fahnen. I've designed and printed a selection, some with regimental numbers. I was lucky to have access to a colour laser printer. So getting the PVA out now is top of my to-do list!

[Zippee]

As you have 3 sub-units, you could have a single 'regimental' command group of a flag, officer and drummers and when some oik comments claim it's actually a battalion deployed in divisions.

Or you could suck it up and provide one flag to each unit like it should be.

2 flags though would just be wrong, so that's probably what you should do, thus ensuring some know-it-all will take delight in pointing your ignorance out to you in detail and provide you with a legitimate outlet for pent-up lockdown syndrome.

[Last Hussar]

Fahne is German for flags.

That means we are just using the English word for the Austrian name. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Thanks all.

[Last Hussar]

To sum up. Lemmy

Two poles with squares of cloth are fine for a regiment.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Thank you.

[John Cook]

To sum up. Lemmy

Two poles with squares of cloth are fine for a regiment.

I'm sure you mean staffs, don't you.

[Last Hussar]

No, they're Austrian.

Poles,Czechs, Croats...

[John Cook]

I see.  Then you should have written it as "Two Poles...." with an initial capital letter, if you really meant the proper noun.  It is very important to get these thing right .

[FierceKitty]

My work here is done. I can now hand on the duty of irritating people with practical linguistics!

[John Cook]

My work here is done. I can now hand on the duty of irritating people with practical linguistics!

We could always form a tag-team.