Standard of the Cavalry Regiment 'Calatrava' 1768-1833 (Spain)

Last modified: 2005-11-26 by santiago dotor
Keywords: calatrava | coat of arms: quartered (counterquartered) | order of the golden fleece | fleurs-de-lys: 4 (grey) | disc (white) | cross: iberian (red) |
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1:1 | 3.47 × 3.47 m
image by Sergio Camero, 28 July 2002

• Description

See also:

• Military Flags 1701-1843 (Spain)
• Historical Flags 1701-1785 (Spain)
• Spain

Other sites:

• Banderas Militares (Military Flags, Spanish text only) by Sergio Camero:
  • Período Borbones hasta Guerra de la Independencia (The Bourbons until the War of Independence i.e. 1701-1812)

A square flag of 347 mm sides. In the obverse it shows the royal arms, in each corner a silver fleur-de-lys. In the reverse it shows the cross of the Order of Calatrava on a white disc. This Regiment was created in 1703 with the name of Moscoso. Source: Calvo and Grávalos 1985 [cag83].

Sergio Camero, 28 July 2002