Colonel flags/colours of the Dutch regiments 1793/1795

Dutch "national" regiments had two flags per battalion. 

Not known is if each battalion had a colonels flag and one regimental flag but probably the first battalion had one colonels and one regimental flag; the second battalion two regimental. This was usual in most other countries.

In practice this doesn't matter for the 1793-1795 period as national regiments had just one battalion in the field (1793 of 8 companies, 1794/1795 of 6 companies) which, again, probably means this battalion had the colonels and the regimental flag. 

What is known of the colonels flag is, that most had the coat of arms of the paying province  or if the regiment was connected to House of Orange the colonels flag had a coat of arms connected to the House of orange (eg the three Nassau-Orange regiments).

As some of the colonels colours are in the public domain (site of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) some known colonels colours are underneath with a remark of the regiments which had those colours.
As mostly only one colonels flag per province is known, it is of course possible that different designed provincial colours were used.

For dating and description I used the information in the book "Vlaggen, vaandels & standaarden van het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam" by M. v.d. Brandhof which book ahs pictures of the flags but sadly only in black/white.

Regarding the measurements of the flags; in the reglement of the the 28th of February 1772 is stated that new flags should be  square with each side in „Rijnlandse“ measurements 3 Voet and 2 Duim (a voet = 31,4 cm, a duim = 2,61 cm) so the flags should be 99,42 cm square (or approx 1 metre square).
I have given underneath the measurements of each flag in the Rijksmuseum and they are almost of this size. 

Starting with the colonelsflag of  Nassau-Orange regiments. There are two flags in the collection of the rijksmuseum.

As there were three regiments (nr I, nr II and nr III which later received the name Erfprins) I think they all had the same colonels flag but maybe different coloured regimental ones. 

Regarding the flags, both sides are the same and the background of both flags is ecru or off-white but probably original white. The first one is 105*98 cm; the second one 108*96 cm.

The next one is the colonels flag of the province of  Groningen (also called Stad en Lande). The flag could be used by:

- infantry regiment nr 2 Van Maneil

- infantry regiment nr 9 Van Randwijck. The book "Het Staatse leger" mentions the province of Groningen as the paying province of nr 9 but the military budget shows Holland as paying province. But as also the "Naamregister der Heeren Officieren ...." of 1792 shows nr 9 on the paylist of Groningen I will go with that.

The flag measured 99*95 cm and both sides are the same. Background is ecru (but probably was white).

Then we have the flag of the province of Holland which was the richest province so she payed the most regiments. I think there were more different flags with minor differences but sadly only one is preserved. 

These could be used by the infantry regiments

nr 3 Van Dopf

nr 4 Van Wilcke

nr 5 Des Vilattes

nr 7 De Bons

nr 8 Bosc de la Calmette

nr 9 van Randwijck (maybe- see above)

nr 12 Bedaulx

nr 14 Hessen Darmstadt

nr 15 De Petit

nr 18 van Wartensleben

nr 21 Van Westerloo (mariniers)

nr 22 van Nijvenheim

nr 23 Stuart

nr 24 Bentinck

Both sides are identical. The flag measures 98*106cm. 

Te last flags preserved are 2 flags of the province of Overijssel.

There is only one regiment payed by Overijssel in the 1793-1795 period which is:

nr 20 van Geusau

So if only the first battalion had one colonels colour why exists two?

This could mean that also the second battalion had a colonels colour or it is of a regiment which doesn't exist anymore in 1793.

Also known is the backside which shows instead of the coat of arms of Overijssel in the midst of the flag, the arms of the Republic which is

There is a very faint picture of the backside in the before mentioned book. I am trying to get a picture from the Rijksmuseum. and will picture it here then.