22nd Company.—A beacon or cresset with flames. This device was used by Henry V. when he wished to tell people that his deeds would shed a radiance similar to those of the flames of a fire.
23rd Company.—Silver ostrich feathers, crossed. The Lancastrians took this device.
24th Company.—A white hart with golden antlers springing from the gate of a golden triple towered castle. This badge appears to be of Irish origin.
25th Company.—A red cross of St. George, on a silver shield.
26th Company.—The arms of Nassau. A golden lion rampant, crowned, standing near to eight billets on a blue shield. The Counts of Nassau, it will be remembered, were connected by marriage with the English Royal family.
27th Company.—The badge of the Order of the Bath, a device comprising the rose, thistle, shamrock, etc.
28th Company.—Three crests of German origin, emanating from Saxony, Brunswick and Hanover.
30th Company.—The crest of the Prince Consort, i.e., from out of a ducal Coronet appears a pillar crowned with a coronet from which issues a plume of three peacocks’ feathers. The arms of Saxony are shown on the pillar.
=The Coldstream Guards= also have three flags, known as the Colonel’s, the Lieutenant-Colonel’s, and the Major’s colours, which are used as the King’s colour in the first, second, and third battalions respectively.
The Colonel’s or King’s first battalion colour consists of a crimson silk banner bearing the Star of the Order of the Garter, i.e., the cross of St. George in the garter, on an eight-rayed star. A Sphinx superscribed “Egypt” is placed below, and at the foot of the Sphinx is a scroll, bearing the inscription, “South Africa’, 1899-1902.” (Fig. 19.) On either side of these devices is a column of ten tablets in gold, each inscribed with the name of one of the following battle distinctions:—
Tangier, 1680; Namur, 1695; Gibraltar, 1704-5; Oudenarde; Malplaquet; Dettingen; Lincelles; Talavera; Barrosa; Fuentes d’Onor; Nive; Peninsula; Waterloo; Alma; Inkerman; Sevastopol; Egypt, 1882; Tel-el-Kebir; Suakin, 1885; South Africa, 1899-1902; Modder River.
The Lieutenant-Colonel’s or the King’s colour of the second battalion consists of a crimson silk banner bearing in the upper corner next to the staff a small Union Jack, whilst in the centre of the crimson field is a star of eight rays and, below it, the Sphinx of Egypt. Battle honours also appear.