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    In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location...
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    military colours, standards and guidons in different countries that do not exist today. During the Middle Ages, units did not have specific colours attached...
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    January 2017. British Army website - Yorks Honorary Colours British Army website - Yorkshire Regiment History Military colours, standards and guidons...
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    guidon. Colours, standards and guidons Flags of the United States armed forces Fanion "Army Regulation 840-10 Flags, Guidons, Streamers, Tabards, and...
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  • Guidon may refer to: Guidon, a type of heraldic flag Guidon, a military flag – see Colours, standards and guidons Guidon (United States), a military standard...
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  • the arabesque and lampasse of any general officer and flag officer. It was also part of heraldic flags, colours, standards, and guidons. In the Heer there...
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    straps, arabesque and lampasse ornaments of general and flag officers. They were also part of heraldic flags, colours, standards, and guidons. In the Luftwaffe...
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    present arms once the colors have been posted. Military colours, standards and guidons Presentation of Colours Casing of the Colors "Basic Flag Opening Ceremony"...
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    Uma-jirushi (category Military communication in feudal Japan)
    over light blue curtain (left) Historical colours, standards and guidons Military colours, standards and guidons War flag Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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    Hata-jirushi (category Military communication in feudal Japan)
    lettering. Fūrinkazan banner Historical colours, standards and guidons Military colours, standards and guidons War flag Morinori, Tozawa (1800). Seiki...
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    times, loss of an insignia or standard is seen as a profoundly dishonorable misfortune. Military colours, standards and guidons Emblem Coat of arms Logo "The...
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    guard Historical colours, standards and guidons Regulation Colours The regimental system, National Army Museum Media related to Standard-bearer at Wikimedia...
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  • (1953). Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces. Gale & Polden. pp. 89–96, 134. Sumner, Ian (2001). British Colours & Standards 1747-1881...
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    War flag (redirect from Military flags)
    of Yugoslavia Navy War flag of Zaire Colours, standards and guidons Hata-jirushi Sashimono Uma-jirushi "standard". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed...
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  • Standard may refer to: Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification...
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    false colours", consistent with its nautical origin, is another way to express deception, or to mislead or mystify. Colours, standards and guidons Age of...
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  • ensign, thereby making its presence (and therefore its nation's military influence) known to other naval powers. Colours, standards and guidons v t e...
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    of colours of cavalry regiments was done mounted by either the sovereign or representatives of the British royal family, and the guidons or standards were...
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    Flag of Spain (category Red and yellow flags)
    1511/1977 adopting Flags, Standards, Guidons, Insignia and Emblems Regulation. The Royal Guidon (Guión), the monarch's military personal ensign, is described...
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    Bohemian lion quartered with the Silesian and Moravian eagles. Ordinary of arms Military colours, standards and guidons Vexillology Naval heraldry Octave Delepierre...
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    Military colours, standards and guidons McMaster, H. R. (1997). Dereliction of duty : Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and...
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  • depot on the Hudson River in New York The carrier of a military unit's colours, standards and guidons, or other banners Bannerman (surname) Bannerman, a San...
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    Colour guard (category Military traditions)
    Regimental/squadron standard/guidon – Crimson or scarlet or other colours with the royal cypher, the Union Badge, regimental insignia and honours (only guidons are swallow...
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    Fanion (category Military of France)
    fanion, and 34 x 27 for a platoon fanion (the latter can also be a triangular pennant 30 x 40). Colours, standards and guidons James, Charles A New and Enlarged...
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    up in two or more groups with colours, guidons, or banners on parade. This is used so that dressing is off the colours. The formations to the left of...
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    President's Colour Award (category Military awards and decorations of India)
    Heavy Cavalry and the 'Guidons' are awarded to Light Cavalry. In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards or guidons, both to act...
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  • in an infantry regiment was traditionally the carrier of the regimental colours, the rank acquired the name. This rank has generally been replaced in army...
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    Marching Regiments of Foot", reproduced in Edwards, T J (1953). Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Commonwealth Forces. Aldershot: Gale & Polden. pp. 191–193...
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    Wise, Terence (2012). Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (1): Colours, Standards and Guidons of France and her Allies. Osprey Publishing. pp. 4–6. ISBN 9781780966243...
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    Battle honour (category Military of the United Kingdom)
    neither colours nor guidons—though their guns by tradition are afforded many of the same respects and courtesies. However, both the Royal Artillery and Royal...
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