A GRENADIER GUARDS COMPANY FLAG AND OTHER ITEMS

the double-sided crimson silk flag embroidered in yellow with 'ELIZABETH I' 'XVII' and in colours proper the Crown and a hawk standing on a tree-stump with a sceptre in its claw. Together with a black velvet music-stand banner of the Royal Signals and a black cloth banner of the Royal Artillery, and bright blue flag on a brass finial, each side bearing a lion in yellow silk, holding a sword and anchor in silver embroidery

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Provenance David Jeffcoat (1945 - 2020) Flags of this type are variously known as Camp or Company Flags or Colours. The Grenadier Guards have 30 such flags each with a different symbol of royal significance. In this case the Falcon was a badge used by Queen Elizabeth I. The symbols on the flags appear in turn on the Queen's Colours of the Foot Guards regiments. The flags themselves are most often to be seen at the Queen's Birthday Parade, where they are carried by the markers.