2nd Schleswig War 1864

Second Schleswig War miniatures cover the 1864 conflict in which Prussia and Austria fought Denmark over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. This short but important war provides a distinctive mid-nineteenth-century setting for historical wargaming.

The Second Schleswig War of 1864

The campaign included fighting around fortified positions and the Danish defensive line at Dybbøl. Prussian forces stormed the Dybbøl redoubts in April 1864, while operations also extended to Jutland and the surrounding islands. The Danish defeat altered control of the duchies and contributed to the chain of events that led to the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

Browse this collection for figures suited to recreating Danish, Prussian and Austrian forces of the campaign, with uniforms and troop types appropriate to the transition between traditional line warfare and increasingly modern nineteenth-century armies.

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