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Rare esponton of 2nd or 3rd flag eagle carrier...

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Rare esponton of 2nd or 3rd flag eagle carrier to the 1809 regulation. The hexagonal shaft with traces of sabre blows as well as the marks of the nails fixing the pennant which was red or white. To be an eagle-bearer one had to have at least ten years of service and to have fought in Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena and Friedland. Two veteran soldiers had to frame the 1st eagle carrier with the title of 2nd and 3rd eagle carrier.