"Flags of French Compagnies Franches de la Marine" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jun 2020 3:17 p.m. PST |
"This is another stray which I said I'd add to my (long) list of flags to do many years ago. I've never been entirely convinced that these flags were ever carried despite the document of 1737 which describes them. Pierre Charrié, the noted French authority on flags, says in his book Drapeaux et Étendards du Roi that the central design was probably originally two crossed anchors. I've followed Michel Petard's famous reconstruction which is well-known and an attractive design."
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Extrabio1947  | 25 Jun 2020 4:51 p.m. PST |
David does beautiful work. |
| rmaker | 26 Jun 2020 10:09 a.m. PST |
Yes, lovely, but the Compagnies Franches didn't carry colors in the field, so unless you are painting a diorama of the headquarters (in France), these are of no use. |
| Tango01 | 26 Jun 2020 12:53 p.m. PST |
Glad you like them boys!. (smile) Amicalement
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| historygamer | 27 Jun 2020 6:52 p.m. PST |
So I wonder where the colours were lodged? |
| historygamer | 27 Jun 2020 7:11 p.m. PST |
I wonder what the flag design is based upon? The summer uniform is speculative. While it's not unreasonable that they might have worn a fatigue cap, there is no documentation for it. I would also suspect they made fatigue clothes out of old uniforms too. |
| historygamer | 28 Jun 2020 7:57 a.m. PST |
I also wonder where the colours were lodged? |
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