Flag of the Imperial Royal Hungaro-Croatian Home Guard Regiment with streamer


made after 1868 White silk, multicoloured silk embroidery, wood, brass, embroidery; 128 x 136 cm, length of staff 299 cm Rectangular flag with a border of alternating triangles in the colours of the Croatian tricolour. Obverse: in the centre of the field the coat of arms of the Hungarian crown lands surmounted by the Crown of St Stephen; the coat of arms is held by two angels. Reverse: in the centre of the field the embroidered initials of the ruler FJ I (Francis Joseph I), surmounted by the Hungarian crown. The flagstaff ends with a finial decorated on one side with the Hungarian coat of arms, and on the other by the initials of Francis Joseph I. The year 1874 is engraved on the staff. The flag belonged to the 84th Bjelovar Regiment. Streamer Blue silk, tassels, gilt metal tassels, silk embroidery, gold embroidery length of bands: a) 120 cm, b) 160 cm; width 20 cm Streamer with two bands in the centre, fashioned into a loop with a rosette and a bought cord with tassels for tying it to the staff. The inscriptions on the bands: Ljudevita Grofica Jankovic Montbel with family coats of arms on the end of the band; Bog, Kralj i Dom!; Sreca i pobjeda; Belovarskoj 84. domobranskoj ceti with the coat of arms of the town of Bjelovar. J. Borosak-Marijanovic, Zastave kroz stoljeca, Zagreb, 1996, page 127.




HPM/PMH-009124 HPM/PMH-010608