Another Jacobite flag set here, the colours of Lord Bellew's Regiment of Foot 1689-1691.
Captain John Steven's records in his Journal that Lord Bellew's regiment consisted of 13 companies, each of 62 men for a total of 806 private soldiers at full strength. He describes the brown on the flags as "filamot", obviously a distortion of the French feuille morte or "dead leaf". At a distance the flags must have looked a little dark and sepulchral! The regiment's uniform was red lined in orange tawny.
A very nice Jacobite flag David, very different colours but it looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. I'm glad you like it. :-) The colours are, to be honest, a bit dull but the design is an interesting one for all that.
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Now that is a very striking design and one that reminds me of some Thirty Years War style flags, due to the geometric chevrons. Certainly striking on the table:).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) Yes, I think you have it there; very much an echo of the earlier 17th century in that flag.
DeleteAll the best,
David.