Object Details
- Description
- Physical Description
- This flag is made of white silk damask. One side features a wreath of green palm and a laurel branch tied with pink ribbon around a crown with the letters "M.Z.B." for Markgraf zu Brandenburg over date "1775." A scroll bears the motto "pro pincipe patria" or "for prince and fatherland." The other side bears the monogram "S.E.T.C.A." for Sincere et Constanter, Alexander, or "truthfully and steadfastly, Alexander, which is the motto of the Prussian order of the Read Eagle and the Margraves of Brandendburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth.
- Specific History
- This Ansbach-Bayreuth Regimental flag was surrendered at Yorktown, 19 October 1781. It was sent to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia as a trophy and is one of the few to survive.
- General History
- Defeated British and German troops refused to recognize the Americans as their victors, fixing their gaze on the French troops. When the French fife and drum corps played Yankee Doodle, the surrendering armies turned away and glared directly into the faces of the victorious Americans.
- Credit Line
- West Point Museum
- 1775
- date surrendered
- 1781 10 19
- ID Number
- AF.65765M
- catalog number
- 65765M
- accession number
- 223705
- Object Name
- Flag
- Other Terms
- Flag; Military; Collar; Rgt, Ansbach-Bayreuth
- Physical Description
- cloth (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 48 in x 50 in; 121.92 cm x 127 cm
- overall: 50 in x 48 in; 127 cm x 121.92 cm
- place made
- Germany
- associated place
- United States: Virginia, Yorktown
- Germany
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Flags
- related event
- Revolution and the New Nation
- Record ID
- nmah_439564
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-630f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
