King Carl X Gustav Horse Guards Regiment

Content:

• Philip von Sulzbach's base
  • 1 officer
  • 1 musician
  • 1 standard bearer
  • 3 horses

• Lieutenant-Colonel's base
  • 1 officer
  • 1 musician
  • 1 standard bearer
  • 3 horses

• Major's base
  • 1 officer
  • 1 musician
  • 1 standard bearer
  • 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

• 3 metal spears
• 13 3x4cm bases
• Swedish command banners set

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 Ujscie, they took part in the battles at Zarnów, Gniezno, Warszawa (where they faced a winged hussars charge), Filipów and in sieges of Kraków, Malbork and Gdansk. In 1657 the regiment was sent to Denmark where it served until the end of the war.

This kit is made of metal, is unpainted and needs to be assembled.