Comparing these with the 1713 standards I posted previously, it can be seen that the basic colours remained the same (apart from the fringes, which were gold and silver in 1689) although the motifs changed quite significantly, with the earlier standards showing the royal cipher and the 1713 standards showing the traditional national heraldic emblems for England and Scotland (the rose and the thistle). The Great Wardrobe Accounts suggest changes of standards in the 1690s, for example after the death of Queen Mary in 1694, when new standards were issued with the cipher of William III alone in 1696.
Most of the troops served at the Boyne in 1690 and then in the 1690s at the battles of the Leuze, Steenkerque and Landen in Flanders. More detail of the changes involved, and complicated disbandings and amalgamations, can be found on Kronoskaf here: https://kronoskaf.com/wss/index.php?title=1st_Troop_of_Life_Guards
Another great addition to your collection David, interesting to see the changes between these and the later dated ones.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) I'll have to complete the set by doing the versions that had only William III's cipher after the death of Queen Mary in 1694!
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Lovely work and the monograms of the monarchs work a treat:).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) I do like the ciphers/monograms - although it does tend to limit the use of flags to certain narrow periods, of course.
DeleteAll the best,
David.