Queen’s Colour (original) – 1892

Queen’s Colour (orig. – 1892), Silk with gold cords. Union Jack with falcon over XLVIII (48) – Fringed. Wooden staff (corded) topped by crown on top of which is a lion (crowned).

A “Stand of Regimental Colours” consists of the Sovereign’s Colour and a Regimental Colour. The Sovereign’s Colour includes the sovereign’s crown and the regimental numeral or designation in the centre.

The 48th Highlanders’ first Stand of Colours was made by the Ladies of Toronto and presented by Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada at a ceremonial parade on the grounds of the University of Toronto on 24 May 1892.

Classification
Equipment
Era
1891 – 1913 Early years, 1914 – 1919 (WW 1), 1920 – 1938 Interwar period
Location of artifact
Case 4 First Colours
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