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The details above and following are taken from "The Army Flag and Its Streamers", a pamphlet which was originally prepared in 1964 by the Office of the Chief of Military History, in cooperation with the Office of the Chief of Information and the U.S. Army Exhibit Unit, to provide general summaries of each of the campaign ribbons authorized to ...
Battle of Liège; A diagram of the fortifications surrounding the city. The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered a moral victory for the allies, as the heavily outnumbered Belgians held out against the German Army for 12 days. From 5 to 16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically ...
Sheringham (/ ˈ ʃ ɛr ɪ ŋ ə m /; population 7,367) is a seaside town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. [2] The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".
A knight (Jan I van Brabant) flying a heraldic flag in battle, in addition to the heraldic device displayed on his shield (Codex Manesse, c. 1304). A war ensign, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard, [1] is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land.
The Battle of the Somme was an Anglo-French offensive from July to November 1916. The opening day on 1 July 1916 was the bloodiest single day in the history of the British Army, which suffered 57,500 casualties, including 19,200 dead.
When new flags were issued to the reconstituted army beginning in 1811-12, their design was based on the original pattern, but with a number of modifications. In cavalry formations, the same pattern prevailed, with the 1st Squadron or Battalion of cavalry (Cuirassier and Hussar since 1744) regiments carrying the King's Standard ( Leibstandarte ...
The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912–1918. Schiffer Military/Aviation History (3rd illus. Schiffer, Atglen PA ed.). Henley-on-Thames: Foulis. ISBN 978-0-88740-510-5. Storey, N. R. (2015). Zeppelin Blitz: The German Air Raids on Great Britain during the First World War (ebook ed.). Stroud: The History Press.
Attached to the headpiece of the assigned flag, the streamer often is an inscribed ribbon with the name and date denoting participation in a particular battle, military campaign, or theater of war; the ribbon's colors are chosen accordingly and frequently match an associated campaign medal or ribbon bar.