King's Standard c1840


This crimson Damask Standard has the Queen Victoria crown which dates it after 1837. The design follows the pattern set down in 1751 which describes the King's or First Standard as crimson, 'the rose and thistle conjoined with crown over and motto DIEU ET MON DROIT below'. In this case the shamrock has been added, since 1801. The Hanoverian horse is in two corners and the regimental title on a black ground in the other two. The regiment, at this time, carried one standard per Troop or squadron, this Standard being the most important. The others were of black damask and were either rectangular like this or swallow-tailed Guidons. Officially the Guidons had been discontinued in 1837 in the dragoon guards but some regiments continued to use them.


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