Ansbach-Bayreuth Regimental Flag
date: label: date made
content: 1775
label: date surrendered
content: 1781 10 19
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: place made
content: Germany
label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Yorktown
label: associated place
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Flags
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: West Point Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.65765M
label: catalog number
content: 65765M
label: accession number
content: 223705
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flag
label: Other Terms
content: Flag; Military; Collar; Rgt, Ansbach-Bayreuth
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 in x 50 in; 121.92 cm x 127 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in x 48 in; 127 cm x 121.92 cm