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Fife Fencible Cavalry Guidon c1794-1800. A very rare example 66 x 50 cm of ‘swallow-tail’ format, the red fine linen ground with painted decoration comprising a central St. Edward’s crown over a Union spray and the Royal motto ‘Dieu Et Mon Droit’. In the four corners two panels display the unit title ‘Fife/Y.C’ within Union borders, in the other two the White Horse of Hanover on a red and green ground, now laid down on a fine hessian ground and contained in a wood and glazed frame, considerable paint loss to one of the title panels and to the Rose on the central Union spray, some inevitable fabric loss to the red ground £1000-1500
Note: The purchaser will require external shippers.
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