Regimento de Toledo

Note!! Apologies, all, I just realized I posted these guys last year. They were still in my unposted file. I will leave this up, regardless, as I have better information about them this time.

Just when I think I have quite enough Spanish troops in my cupboard I get tempted into painting another regiment! This time up is the Regimento de Toledo, one of the old line regiments of Spain. These figures are from the HaT sets and always a pleasure to paint with their well-defined detail and good poses.

A bit of History

The Regimento de Toledo was first formed as the Tercio de Vera by D. Diego Fernández on May 1, 1661. It was renamed Tercio de los Azules Viejos in 1693 and in 1707 finally became known as the Regimento de Toledo. Combined with the Rgto Sada y Limburgo in 1715, it was reformed on March 1, 1815 from the Vol. de Rioja (formed in 1810) after being completely destroyed at Badajoz in 1811.

The regiment had an active campaign history during the Peninsular War, losing 400 men at Medina de Rioseco as part of the Army of Galicia in July 1808, going on to fight at Zornoza and Espinosa in the fall of the same year, Tamames in October 1809 and the defence of Cáceres in 1810 before being destroyed at Badajoz in 1811.

Information from Spanish Infantry of the Early Peninsular War by Gerard Cronin and Stephen Summerfield

My grenadier bearskins are again decorated with my homemade decals. You can see my process here in a previous post. I had no reference for the sack embroidery so went with the facing colour of light blue with the coat of arms of the city of Toledo at the top.

Here is a jpeg of my bearskin sack embroidery for download if desired.