The ruler

 The ruler of Marvingen-Löwenstein !

Prince Friedrich Georg I. of Marvingen-Löwenstein

Friedrich Georg in the uniform of the Regiment "von Noble"

   

        Friedrich Georg von Marvingen (*1710)   ⚭   Charlotte Albertine von Preussen (*1713)

before the accession to the throne

The army (cont.)

 Musketeers and Grenadiers of the Infantrie-Regiment 

"Prinz Moritz von Anhalt-Hentzau" Nr.22

 

Dragoons of the Dragoner-Regiment

 "Markgraf Friedrich von Reuth" Nr.5

 

Hussars of the Husaren-Regiment

"von Rueschling" Nr.5  aka Totenkopf-Husaren

All units are ready for the "Revue" in front of  their sovereign

Friedrich Georg I. von Marvingen .

The army

 This is my very first unit:

Infantrie-Regiment "Prinz Moritz von Anhalt-Hentzau" Nr.22

              Flags courtesy of David from Not By Appointment !
              He was so kind and sent me a pre-release version of his superb flags.

The converged Grenadier Bataillon 17/22

The major cities

Then there is the capital of Marvingen called Löwenstein and the two province capitals Strelberg and Osterburg, in Strelsau and Strackenz respectively.

Löwenstein:

Strelberg:

Osterburg:

            

The provinces

The principality is divided in three provinces, namely the major one named Hentzau, then Strelsau and finally Strackenz. ( The attentive reader knows these names, they are from the novel "The Prisoner of Zenda" by Anthony Hope.)

Of course they have their own coat of arms:

Hentzau:

Strelsau:

Strackenz:

The principality

 I am a tabletop gamer for the last 15 years now, playing a variety of games like "Flames of war" (15mm WW2 minis), Wings of Glory (1:144 scale WW1 aircraft models) and Victory at Sea (1:1800 scale WW2 naval minis). Recently I rediscoverd my interest in the "7years war" period, mainly the prussian wars of Friedrich II. "the Great". So it was was pretty obvious that I would start to collect miniatures for this time period. So I started with a small force of 15mm miniatures from the australian company Eureka, Prussians of course.

But because it is quite difficult to find other players in my area to play with and fight battles with, I discovered the "solo" fun of building and playing a nation of these 15mm prussians.

So a nation was born: the principality Marvingen-Löwenstein under its ruler Friedrich Georg von Marvingen (*1710).

The coat of arms shows a quartered shield in silver (white) and black. In the first field the red lion of Hentzau (province), in the second field the prussian eagle (as sign of the connection to the prussian monarchy), in the third field the white eagle of Strackenz (province), in the fourth field the red rose of Strelsau (province) and in the center field the black double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation (of which it is part de jure).
 

Its beginngs are set around the year 1740 and it is planned to play this for the next 25 years (game time), so to cover the times of the Silesian Wars and the 7 Years War.