Our country's flag and the flags of foreign countries (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 97
naked sword. Xenophon says that the Persiansof his time (400 b. c.)bore an eagle, withwings displayed, onthe end of a longlance. The disk ofthe sun was an an-cient Persian emblemalso. When the raysof the morning sunstruck the brazenstandard in front ofthe generals tent itwas the signal tomarch. The… … Fig. 15.—An eagle displayed.Single-headed eagles arefound in the arms of theancient Roman Empire,France, Prussia, etc.; dou-ble-headed eagles in thearms of Russia and Aus-tria. (See Plates VI andVII.) ANCIENT STANDARDS AND BANNERS. 67 the troops went into battle bearing a wisp ofhay bound to a…
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