May 27, 2020 Founders & Patriots
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/27/2020
"A bit of the regimental flag carried by the 22nd regiment of fusiliers in the Battle of Bunker Hill, now hanging in the cathedral at Chester, Sept. 10, 1884", per period label within glazed frame. The stand of regimental color carried by the 22nd Regiment of Foot during the last quarter of the 18th century were retired to the Chester Cathedral in the mid-19th century. A "stand of colors" consisted of two flags in the British Army, the "King's Colours" (the union jack with regimental name embroidered in the center) and the regimental standard (a ground of the regiment's facing color, buff for the 22nd Foot, with name similarly embroidered in center). These two, small pieces of scarlet and blue silk from the King's colors were probably retained as souvenirs when the colors were retired and subsequently placed in this Victorian memento frame. The 22nd Foot served in America during the Revolutionary War, from the Siege of Boston to the end of hostilities in 1783; it was titled "The Cheshire Regiment" in 1782. CONDITION: toning to the backing paper with marginal water staining, not affecting silk fragments or inscription. JLK
Illustrated and discussed on pp. 146-147 in "For Liberty I Live."