Canada. A Rare Canadian Red Ensign Bunting Flag, C.1885 Auction Archive dated August 19

dated August 19

while the two waist pocket buttons are silvered aluminum with pebbled uppers

original ribbon with pinback hanger inscribed "PAST PRESIDENT"

overseeing grooms and farriers and providing daily reports to his superiors

the 8th Cavalry Regiment Lancieri di Montebello and hundreds of civilian volunteers

Canada. A Rare Canadian Red Ensign Bunting Flag, C.1885 Auction Archive dated August 19A rare Canadian Red Ensign bunting flag, constructed of cotton with multi coloured dye, featuring 17 panels, each depicting a Red Ensign used between 1870 and 1898, consisting of a red background, with a Union Flag at the top left corner, the bottom right bearing a shield with provincial crests, topped by a royal crown and above maple and oak leaf branches joined together at the bottom by a beaver, each panel measures 72. 5 cm (w) x 40 cm (h), minor