Description:

Latin America, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. An early version of a Mexican guidon modeled upon a battle standard. The design is comprised of green, white, and red vertical tricolor bands with an eagle standing upon a nopal cactus and holding a snake in his beak - a green ribbon/branch garland below. Interestingly, the first Mexican Coat-of-Arms (1821-23) featured a crowned eagle. Don Agustin de Iturbide, president of the provisional government, declared that the flag would include vertical stripes of green, white, and red with a crowned eagle on a nopal in the central white stripe. When Iturbide was deposed, however, the Supreme Congress decided that the crown worn by the eagle would be removed. Instead, they added the half circle of encino and laurel branches - a variant of which we see in this guidon. This design graced the Mexican Shield/Coat-of-Arms from 1823 until 1864 - and it was readopted from 1867 until 1881. Size: 27" W x 17.375" H (68.6 cm x 44.1 cm)

Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection

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  • Condition: Expected fading and a few stains commensurate with age; however, the imagery is still legible. Slight losses to ends of ties. Stitching at peripheries possibly redone.

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