A rare and very attractive Royal Standard from King George V and Queen Mary's 1911 - 1912 royal tour to India
Flown by RMS Medina, which carried the King and Queen on their royal tour of India in 1911 - 1912.
The flag was the property of Captain H S Bowlby RN who served on RMS Medina during the tour.
The flag has stitched borders and is stamped with broad arrow marks and the maker’s name, "T.Briggs (London Limited) 1910."
It is 272 by 135 cm.
The tour, to the Delhi Durbar of 1911, marked the accession of George and Mary as Emperor and Empress of India. It was the first time a ruling British monarch had visited India.
At the ceremony the move of the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced, and the King annulled the partition of Bengal. Nearly 50,000 troops paraded, and thousands of colonial officials and Indian rulers paid homage to the Emperor.
The royal couple toured on through Nepal, and the King went tiger hunting.
RMS Media was torpedoed and sunk by German U Boat 31 off Plymouth on April 28, 1917.
An extremely rare, beautiful and desirable remnant of the pageantry of the British Empire at its absolute height.
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