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| rdfs:label | - Colours, standards and guidons
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| rdfs:comment | - In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. It was formalized in the armies of medieval Europe, with standards being emblazoned with the commander's coat of arms.
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| Source | - Sir Edward Hamly on seeing some old Colours
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32nd Foot in Monmouth Church.
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| Quote | - A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole,
- It does not look likely to stir a man's Sole,
- When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.
- 'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,
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| abstract | - In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. It was formalized in the armies of medieval Europe, with standards being emblazoned with the commander's coat of arms.
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