Thursday, 28 May 2020

Flags of French Compagnies Franches de la Marine

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.






This is a plate I did many years ago showing the probable summer dress of an infantryman of the Compagnies Franches de la Marine:





Kronoskaf has a long article on the Compagnies Franches de la Marine here: http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Colonial_Compagnies_Franches_de_la_Marine

Posted by David Morfitt at Thursday, May 28, 2020

8 comments:

  1. Adam from Lancashire3 June 2020 at 16:52

    That's a really beautiful flag you've done there, David. I love the French flags that are 'noisy' with all the extra fleur de lys in the cantons.

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  2. ColCampbell504 June 2020 at 00:03

    David, I agree with you that the colors were probably never carried in the field, at least in Neu Canada. But they are nice none the less!

    Jim

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  3. David Morfitt5 June 2020 at 02:17

    Thanks, Adam. Glad you like it. Yes, I'm very fond of the "busy" French flags too.

    I'll be rather delayed doing the next flags as I've had painful eye trouble for some days - but at least it's now improving. I have to use the computer in small doses for the moment, though... (It seems to be in part a hay fever problem, caused by the vast pollen count because of the long bout of dry, sunny weather we've had. It's so good that it is now wet and cooler! Hurrah. ;-))

    Cheers,

    David.

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  4. David Morfitt5 June 2020 at 02:18

    Thanks, Jim. I do think it is rather a beautiful flag!

    Cheers,

    David.

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  5. Ronald11 June 2020 at 19:51

    hello

    great addition

    Ronald

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  6. David Morfitt13 June 2020 at 02:31

    Thanks, Ronald! Glad you like it. :-)

    All the best,

    David.

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  7. Anton Ryzbak29 June 2020 at 04:11

    And this one has silly hats, and an astounding flag...... I fear that I will be buying more figures soon.

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  8. David Morfitt29 June 2020 at 15:20

    Thanks, Anton. Sorry again for the impact on your wallet! But it is a beautiful flag, even if in reality it did not see any service in Canada. Surely part of the fun of being a wargamer is showing the ideal rather than just the (often) grubby reality... ;-)

    All the best,

    David.

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