"AWI french flag size" Topic
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| maciek72 | 01 Sep 2014 12:16 p.m. PST |
I always thought that French battle falgs in AWI were very large, but once I've come across a picture showing it rather small. I've also found somwhere the dimesions of flag that survived and again – it was very small.
Again, the details were lost over the time.
Could someone help me in this matter ? |
| Camcleod | 01 Sep 2014 5:58 p.m. PST |
According to 'Drapeaux Et Etandards Du Roi' by Charrie they started out in the 1700s quite large, but varied quite a bit.
They became smaller over the years and by 1768 the following sizes are noted -
Garde Francaise – 165 cm square.
Royal Corse – 162 cm square.
Garde Suisses – 178 cm square. Cliff |
| maciek72 | 03 Sep 2014 3:38 a.m. PST |
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| Supercilius Maximus | 03 Sep 2014 11:42 p.m. PST |
That's still somewhere between 5 and 6 feet square – not small by any means. |
| maciek72 | 04 Sep 2014 11:09 a.m. PST |
Gherardi claims that they were 130cm square in AWI. |
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