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	Colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The colours of the five regiments of Foot Guards have the pattern of the line infantry reversed, with the Queen's Colour being crimson and the Regimental Colour a variation of the Union Flag.
		Royal Australian Navy: The Queen's Colour of the RAN is a variation of the Australian White Ensign - it is a reverse of the Australian flag (white with blue stars), with the Royal Cypher and Garter band positioned between the Commonwealth Star and the stars representing the Southern Cross.
		Canadian Forces Maritime Command (the 'navy'): The Queen's Colour of Maritime Command is a variation of the Canadian Naval Jack - it is white, with the Canadian flag in the canton, the Royal Cypher for Canada in the centre and the symbol of the navy in the lower fly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colours,_standards_and_guidons (5402 words)

	Historical Note on the use of Colours
		Colours to carry the armorial bearings of a leader continued for almost a hundred years, In 1747 however, a Warrant established that “no Colonel to put his Arms, Crest, Device or Livery on any part of the appointments under his command” and “that the second Colour (i.e.
		The Colours were still being used therefore as a means of identification and this practice of carrying the Regimental Number on the Regimental Colour continued until 1881 when the Nmbers were replaced by the new Territorial titles.
		The reason why Colours are carried by some Regiments and not by others is clear, and depends on their role in the past.
	www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /colours/c50.html (1306 words)

	Guidons, the 'Colours' of the Mounted Units
		A GUIDON is an heraldic banner carried by cavalry regiments, the equivalent of the colours borne by regiments of line infantry.
		Until about a century ago, guidons and colours were taken into battle as the distinguishing symbols and rallying points for fighting units.
		The Guidons were carried with a mounted escort of 16 riders from the QMI historical troop and the 2ic and the Adjutant of the Regiment.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/guidons.htm (592 words)

	Colours and guidons jerak.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The pike is topped by a 35 cm high colours and guidons#see also consisting of an ornate gilt brass spearhead chased with a five pointed star and the monogram RI (for Repubblica Italiana), which is in turn mounted atop a gilt brass ball on which is the name and date of establishment of the unit.
		In the second and third quarters are horizontal stripes of red, yellow and blue, the colours of the unit's uniforms: The flag also has the coat of arms of the commander within a wreath, on a background of the colour of his canton of Switzerland.
		Both the Standard and the Guidon are usually of crimson trimmed in gold and with the regiment's cap badge in the centre.
	www.jerak.org /en/colours+and+guidons (5418 words)

	regimental colours - colors - army flags - military vexillology
		The remaining colours are in the form of the Union flag, and have crimson cords- and tassels.
		The 1747 Infantry Colour Book directs that, in the Marching Regiments, 'The Length of the Pike and the Colour itself to be of the same size as those of The Royal Regiments of Foot Guards'.
		The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the 1600s when the colors of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle and were therefore trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognize those of his own regiment.
	footguards.tripod.com /01ABOUT/01_colours.htm (2838 words)

	Some Colours of other Commonwealth countries
		The Colours are exposed in the Musée du Régiment at the Lévis Garrison.
		The term "Regimental Colours" is descriptive of the infantry flags which evolved in the British Army, and refers to the two flags of a battalion, the senior of which is called the Queen's (or King's) Colour, and the junior, the Regimental Colour.
		The Second Colour to be the colour of the Facings of the Regiment with the Union in the upper canton...
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/colours-allied.htm (1033 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Historical colours, standards and guidons
		The Colours of those regiments that were classed as 'Guards' was slightly different.
		The colours of all of the 2nd Battalions were identical to each other (except for the demi-brigade's number), while the 1st Battalions all received different colours.
		Following the victory of General Franco in the Spanish Civil War, the Spanish army adopted the policy of using only a single colour, the batallona, with the new coat of arms in its centre replacing the Royal arms, and the name of the regiment encircling it.
	reference.com /browse/wiki/Historical_colours,_standards_and_guidons (1194 words)

	Crypt
		Colours and guidons were used in former times as rallying points in battle.
		Thirty-three colours and one guidon are suspended on horizontal shafts from the walls of the Crypt.
		This differs from colours in that it is smaller, being carried on a lance rather than a pike and the free border is swallow-tailed in shape.
	www.shrine.org.au /content.asp?Document_ID=1032 (570 words)

	Flags of National Defence
		Colours are consecrated flags which represent a military unit as small as a battalion or as large as a whole service or command.
		First, its dominant colours, red and white, were chosen in 1921 as the national colours of Canada, although the inspiration for these colours on the RMC flag was almost assuredly the ribbon of the general Service medal of 1899.
		For example: The colours of the 3rd Regiment York Militia which were defenders of York during the American capture on April 27, 1813, were made by the local ladies and had been consecrated in January, 1813, by Dr. Strachan and presented by Miss Powell, the daughter of the Honourable Mr.
	www.fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Nation/NatDefence.html (11381 words)

	Battle Honours and Colours question
		Historically, the chapel would normally be selected by the Regiment, and would have been based primarily on the Commanding Officer's decision.
		In many garrisons, one church was designated the garrison chapel and used by the Regiments that rotated through the station; I would suspect that in many cases it depended upon the religious background of the social group from which the officers and the majority of the other ranks of a regiment were composed.
		The Windsor Regiment carries a Guidon with no battle honours because the personnel from that Regiment was used as a replacement pool for the 1st Hussars, Ontario Regiment and Governer Generals Horse Guards...............
	forums.army.ca /forums/index.php?topic=34691.0 (2161 words)

	Historical cost - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Historical cost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Practice of using the original cost of an asset as a method of valuation.
		Entries in historical cost accounting reflect the original cost of the asset to the organization, less, in the case of fixed assets, depreciation.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Historical+cost (98 words)

	Military & Paramilitary Flags of Singapore (Page 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Even though colours are no longer carried into battle, the significance, dignity, honour and prestige of the colours have been retained and they now function as a ceremonial flag that instills pride and loyalty to its personnel, although the concept of 'guarding the Colour' is still very much felt today.
		The Queen's Colour is to be completed with cords and tassels (the Queen's Colours of the Royal Navy does not feature fringes) and is attached to a pike which features a royal crown surmounting a three faced shield charged with the Admiralty anchor as the finial.
		This later Colour, whose base of design was the national flag, was embroidered with a large SAF emblem which is charged on the centre-lower fly, such that it occupies part of the red band as well as the white band.
	www.geocities.com /inescutcheon/FlagsMilitary2.HTML (9930 words)

	United Kingdom
		The warrant for Jersey was unusual in that it could not be issued under the provisions of the Order in Council 9 July 1864 which abolished Squadron Colours, since the States of Jersey were not a Public Department, nor under the Colonial Naval Defence Act of 1865, since Jersey was not a colony.
		According to my old stand-by, Colours of the Fleet, the blue was darkened in 1869 when the Admiralty standardised the naval Union Flag at 1:2, with a narrower St Patrick's saltire.
		The Pantone colours (186 for the red and 280 for blue) are the official ones for the Union Flag and all UK derivatives (Bartram 2004).
	www.fotw.net /flags/gb.html (3219 words)

	Flag of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland, 15-star/15-stripe flag (Presidential Proclamation No. 2795, July 2, 1948).
		This building, occupied by both sides at various points of the Battle of Gettysburg, served as a lookout and battlefield hospital.
		Grounds of the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historic Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Public Law 94-53, approved July 4, 1975).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States (4619 words)

	Croatia - Historical Flags (Pre-1848) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		I was recently contacted from the staff of the Croatian Historical Museum, informing me that they have put up their site with lots of images of the items they are preserving.
		For those who are not familiary with the exhibition on flags from their collection that the Museum made in 1996, this is a great place to start.
		When analyzing this image we should therefore have in mind that it was coloured afterwards and prossibly by someone who was not rpesent on the ceremony and the colours therefore are assumed.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/hr_p848.html (1395 words)

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		central america - historical unions and federations
		italian socialist party - historical flags (italy)
		historical flags of saint vincent and the grenadines
	flagspot.net /flags/keywordp.html (1363 words)

	Colours, standards and guidons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Royal Highland Fusiliers: The 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers carries the Assaye Colour awarded as an honorary colour to the 74th Regiment of Foot following the Battle of Assaye, which is paraded every year on Assaye Day.
		.]] Woven onto the colours are battle honours; the Queen's Colour has honours from the First World War and Second World War, while the Regimental Colour has honours from other campaigns.
		When the United States color is not cased, all persons salute the colors.
	abitabouteverything.com /files/c/co/colours__standards_and_guidons.html (5250 words)

	Armed Forces' Flags (Spain)
		A different question is that certain old regiments —such as the Inmemorial del Rey, one of the oldest continuously-existing units in the world— keep reproductions of their old coronela colours and use them in certain occasions in order to maintain their traditions, but unofficially and not subject to Regulations.
		The red-yellow-red colours were introduced in 1843, even if some units kept using the old coronela colours until the first years of the 20th century.
		The three flags were made in the 1940's (early after the Spanish Civil War), since they display the former Air Force emblem (which was no longer used after the early 1950's) and the units named on the flags no longer exist.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/es^.html (903 words)

	Osprey Publishing - British Colours & Standards 1747—1881 (2)
		Colours, Standards and Guidons of Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia
		In this second of a two-part sequence a respected vexillologist describes, explains and illustrates a wide variety of the King's and Regimental colours carried during the 18th and 19th centuries by British Household, Regular, Militia and Volunteer infantry regiments.
		The successive regulations between 1747 and 1881 - when the carrying of colours in the field ceased - are supported by comprehensive tables of 'ancient badges' and battle honours; many careful drawings; and by ten dazzling plates by Richard Hook, detailing some 35 flags in full colour, as well as a number of famous colour-bearers.
	www.ospreypublishing.com /title_detail.php/title=S2016 (198 words)

	Canada and North America (British Empire & Commonwealth Land Forces)
		The Regimental Colour of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
		Historical Resource Centre, by DND Directory of History and Heritage.
		Historical Publications, by DND Directory of History and Heritage.
	www.regiments.org /nations/namerica/canada.htm (1997 words)

	wargame flags, wargame miniatures, flags, miniatures, historical miniatures, wargame, wargames flags, vexilology, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This is the guidon carried by the Hungarian cavalry in Mexican service.
		The colours are not in fact Mexican, it is merely a swallow-tailed version of the Hungarian flag.
		This a French Foreign Legion flag: Infantry units would have their own unit title on the obverse, with unit mottos or battle honours on the reverse.
	www.warflag.com /flags/max/max678.shtml (188 words)

	All articles - Dic.blogopt.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Historic Members of the United States House of Representatives
		Historic Origin of Term GI for US Military Personnel
		Historic list of members of the Privy Council
	dic.blogopt.com /Special:Allpages/Hirano_bodies (152 words)

	Royal Horse Guards [UK]
		An historical record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards; or, Oxford Blues, its services, and the transactions in which it has been engaged from its first establishment to the present time.
		An historical record of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards or Oxford Blues...
		The standards, guidons and colours of the Household Division, 1660-1973.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/guards/c-RHG.htm (1120 words)

	GUIDONS
		FRAMED GUIDON AS THE GARRISON PATCH CANNOT BE MADE SMALL ENOUGH...
		CAN BE MADE DOUBLE OR SINGLE SIDED -BUT- DOES NOT MAKE ONE SUITABLE FOR FRAMING...
		25% DISCOUNT ON ANY STAFF WITH PURCHASE OF GUIDON...
	www.fbsind.com /FLAGS/GUIDONS.htm (93 words)

	Bibliography (codes [nka] to [nrz])
		Remarks: 24 charts with over 306 flags in colour
		Title: Modern Swedish Colours, Standards, Guidons and Command Flags
		Source title: Genealogica et Heraldica: Report of the 16th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Helsinki 16-21 August 1984 [ghc84]
	www.fotw.net /flags/bib-nka.html (426 words)

	Bibliography - Piedmont Flag Company
		Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces, 1953, Major T. Edwards
		Confederate Indian Forces Outside of Indian Territory, 1969, Oklahoma Historical Society
		Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Maryland Historical Society
	www.piedmontflag.com /PFC-Bibliography.html (587 words)

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