quarterly and per saltire flag?

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quarterly and per saltire flag?

Postby steven harris » 04 Sep 2012, 17:25

I saw this flag being carried by some reenactors at the town Labor Day parade, but I could not identify it:

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I’d call it “Quarterly, 1st per saltire gules, azure, or, and vert; 2nd per saltire or, azure, gules, and vert; 3rd per saltire vert, gules, azure, and or; 4th per saltire azure, gules, vert, and or, a cross argent”.

I'd also call it a hot-mess, but I'd still like to identify it. Any thoughts?
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Re: quarterly and per saltire flag?

Postby Chas Charles-Dunne » 04 Sep 2012, 18:54

steven harris wrote:I saw this flag being carried by some reenactors at the town Labor Day parade, but I could not identify it:

I’d call it “Quarterly, 1st per saltire gules, azure, or, and vert; 2nd per saltire or, azure, gules, and vert; 3rd per saltire vert, gules, azure, and or; 4th per saltire azure, gules, vert, and or, a cross argent”.

I'd also call it a hot-mess, but I'd still like to identify it. Any thoughts?


A hot-mess - one of the best descriptions I have heard for a long time.
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Re: quarterly and per saltire flag?

Postby JMcMillan » 04 Sep 2012, 20:19

It is very likely the color (drapeau d'ordonnance) of a French infantry regiment of the ancien regime. These generally followed the pattern of a white cross between quarters of various colors, many of them of this kind of geometric pattern. See the pages linked from http://www.drapeaux.org/France/Ancien_R ... erie.htm#L for examples.
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Re: quarterly and per saltire flag?

Postby JMcMillan » 04 Sep 2012, 20:23

JMcMillan wrote:It is very likely the color (drapeau d'ordonnance) of a French infantry regiment of the ancien regime. These generally followed the pattern of a white cross between quarters of various colors, many of them of this kind of geometric pattern. See the pages linked from http://www.drapeaux.org/France/Ancien_R ... erie.htm#L for examples.


Specifically, the Régiment de Saintonge, which was part of Rochambeau's army in the American Revolution and participated in the Battle of Yorktown.

http://www.drapeaux.org/France/Ancien_R ... ntonge.htm

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Re: quarterly and per saltire flag?

Postby steven harris » 04 Sep 2012, 20:30

The Saintonge Regiment - you just beat me to it!

Thanks for your help!
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