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# Silk flag dating back to Napoleonic era to be sold by Lichfield auctioneer
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/silk-flag-dating-back-to-napoleonic-era-to-be-sold-by-lichfield-auctioneer/
- Published: 2026-08-19T07:45:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T07:45:49.000Z
- Description: Banner was from 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: News, Heritage

A NAPOLEONIC era silk flag for a British battalion of veterans will be sold by a Lichfield auctioneer.

The Georgian hand-embroidered banner for the 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion, circa 1804 to 1816, goes under the hammer with Richard Winterton Auctioneers on 24th August.

Guided at £1,000 to £2,000, the delicate 185cm x 177cm banner was uncovered following a house clearance.

The 2nd Battalion was a British Army unit formed during the Napoleonic Wars made up of army pensioners and invalids handling garrison, depot and administrative duties, thus freeing active, able-bodied soldiers for frontline combat.

Cataloguer Nick Smith said:

> "First raised around 1802 at Plymouth as a Royal garrison battalion and renamed a Royal Veteran Battalion in 1804, it disbanded and re-formed eight times in different parts of the country.  
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> "The 2nd Battalion also served overseas – in Australia in 1806, Madeira from 1809 to 1814, and Heligoland – an archipelago in Germany – from 1812 to 1815.  
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> "Many original veteran battalions were disbanded around 1814 but some units – including the 2nd – were re-raised for brief service during the 1815 Waterloo campaign and the 2nd was finally disbanded in 1816."

The catalogue can be viewed online one week before the auction at [www.richardwinterton.co.uk/auctions/auction-calendar](https://www.richardwinterton.co.uk/auctions/auction-calendar?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).