Origin and history of the American flag and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1917)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885, Asnis, Charles Edward · Philadelphia, N. L. Brown · leaf 150
icoloi- lias coiitiiiiicdto be the national ensign of France. The eagles introduced into the French armies as reuiinental stand-ards by Napoleon tlie Great, and which were revived by Napoleon 111.,were wrought from pure gold^ and had an intrinsic value of al)oiittwo thousand dollars. The ribbon… … inches broad, tliree feet long, and richly embroidered. During thewar of 1870, it was a prize much coveted bythe soldiers of King Williams army, who, itis claimed, captured nearly two hundred oftliem in the successive disastrous defeats of theFrench. After that war, the regiments contented…
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