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18: Wurttemberg Flags

by John Henderson


1st Battalion's Flags

Issued 1803
140cm square

Orange, yellow fringe. Large central ermine mantles trimmed with red and gold, crowned with gold coronets. Similar small corner mantles with gold cyphers.

On the Obverse the large mantle bore a gold cypher and motto on a yellow scroll. On the Reverse, the large mantle bore a shield, with the following devices (going clockwise from the top left corner): Black & gold lozenges, a gold mitre on a silver field, a silver ragged staff on a blue field, a silver cross on a red field, a black eagle on a gold field, a plain gold field, a silver hand on a red Field, a silver crescent on a red field, a bearded man with blue clothes trimmed red on a gold field, silver and red fields quartered with silver bars on blue fields, and two gold fish on a red field.

The small central shield has a yellow flag on a blue field, and three black antlers on a yellow field.

2nd Battalion's Flags

Issued 1806
125cm square

Orange, with yellow fringes. Small corner mantles with gold cyphers. On the Obverse a large gold crowned cypher. On the Reverse a large central ermine mantle trimmed with red & gold and topped with a gold crown. This mantle bore a shield with the following devices:

Black & gold lozenges, a brown lance with red pennant on a gold field, two gold fish on a red field, a silver ragged staff on a blue field, a silver cross on a red field, a black eagle on a gold field, a plain gold field, a silver hand on a red Field, a silver crescent on a red field, a bearded man with blue clothes trimmed red on a gold field, silver and red fields quartered with silver bars on blue fields, a yellow flag on a blue field, and a gold mitre on a yellow field.

The small central shield has three black antlers on a yellow field, and three black lions also on a yellow field. The large shield is supported by gold animals holding gold flags with black eagles.

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