Information on XVIII century portuguese military flags is very scarce, due to their national archives having been destroyed by either the 1755 earthquake or a fire in the 1820s. However, a few descriptions still survived so allowing us to guess at least general patterns, if not precise regimental colours.
Those we have released this week correspond to the Regimento (formerly Terço) da Armada, or portuguese Marine Infantry Regiment. Accordingly to experts, all flags carried by portuguese infantry were the same, and were unlikely to show any coat of arms, so that there were no differentiated King's and Regiment's Colours. However, we have thought it convenient to include an emblazoned version of the generally accepted flag, for just aesthetic reasons.
1 comment:
Nice additions mate
Cheers
Matt
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