Colors of the British Army:
Grenadier Guards

26th and 27th Companies

by Robert McNair




Twenty-Sixth Company

The Union throughout. In the centre the arms of Nassau, as borne by King William the Third, viz. azure billetee and lion rampant, or, ensigned with the imperial crown; and on escrolls, or, the following words in Roman letters, sable,

    LINCELLES-CORUNNA-BAROSSA- PENINSULA -WATERLOO.
    ALMA - INKERMAN-SEVASTOPOL.

In the dexter canton the number of the company inscribed in Roman characters, gold.

Twenty-Seventh Company

The Union throughout. In the centre a representation of the badge of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, as established in 1727, gold, ensigned with the imperial crown; and on escrolls, or, the following words in Roman letters, sable

    LINCELLES - CORUNNA - BAROSSA - PENINSULA - WATERLOO.
    ALMA - INKERMAN - SEVASTOPOL.

In the dexter canton the number of the company inscribed in Roman characters, gold.


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