"Flags or whatever for rey Jose's Guard" Topic

Would anyone ken what rey Jose's Guard carried for colours? Eagles, fanions, rats on a stick?

The Garde du Corps (according to "Soldats Napoleon") are reported to have carried a tricolour flag but with the colours red white red. In the corners were wreaths and the initials JN intertwined.

Text:
JOSE
NAPOLEON
REY DE ESPANA
A SUS GUARDIAS
DE CUERPO
you will need to add the Spanish accents to the letters. Let me have an e-mail address that will take an attachment & I will send you a copy of the page with the illustration.

"Soldats Napoleon" is silent about standards for other units.

There is a coloured drawing from 1810 of a colour bearer of the Madrid regiment. He is holding what looks like a variation of the French 1804 pattern. The corners are red with a yellow centre. There is some sort of coat of arms in the centre.

I used the white ones from this website:

link

I was happy with the result.

Rod

The white flags are fairly accurate – see article link

I would have some worries over the Real Extrangero which was founded on 14 December 1808 – Regimiento de Infantería de linea "Real Extrangero". It was on paper to comprise:
4 battalions each of 6 companies – 1 Granaderos; 1 Tiradores; & 4 Fusilieros.
1 garrison/depot (Deposito) battalion of 4 companies Fusilieros.
Regimental HQ 44 men – Coronel, Mayor, 4 Commandantes de batallon, 4 Ayudantes mayores, Habilitado & Depositario, Capellan, Sargento Conductor de equipages, 4 Sargento Abanderos, Cirujano Mayor, 3 Cirujano Segundos, 4 Practicantes, Tambor Mayor, 3 tambores de Ordenes para la enseñanza, Músico Principal, 12 Músicos, Maestro Armero, Sastre (Tailor), Zapatero
Companies 200 men – Capitan, Teniente, Subteniente, Sargento Primero, 4 Sargento Secundos, Furriel, 8 Cabos Primeros, 8 Cabos Segundos, 2 tambores, 173 soldados
December 1813 – dissolved.

There is also this image for the 1st Ligera

I understand there is some argument about whether the white 1809 flags ever got issued, though I believe that there is a surviving one from the 6th Malaga reg't. Again whether it got issued…?