Imperial Russia The Last Stand of Imperial Russia... White Forces Flag

[NavyFCO]

Although this isn't "imperial" technically, those on this forum may well have better appreciation for it than lumping it in with the general "international" militaria section, and it fits better in here than in the Communist section.

This is the command flag of the White Northwestern Front, specifically for the troops under the command of Colonel Prince Pavel Bermondt-Avalov. Prince Bermondt-Avalov was classified as an "adventurer" who fought both in the south and in the north on the side of the Whites during the Civil War. His forces counted a reported 50,000 men in their ranks. However, the majority of his officers and many of the men were German Freikorps actually under the direction of German General Count Rudiger von der Goltz.

Bermondt-Avalov was most famed for his flamboyant and outrageous behavior both as a supposed representative of General Denekin with the forces of Ataman Skoropadsky in the Ukraine, and then after the fall of the latter and a trip into Germany assembling forces, he reappeared in the Baltic and joined the Northwestern Front under General Iudenich.

The most famous operation of Bermondt-Avalov's forces was the sacking of Riga, Latvia and the reign of terror that ensued until they were defeated and thrown out of the city on November 10, 1919. That effectively ended the White military command of Prince Bermondt-Avalov as his force ceased to exist.

This is one of the "crown jewels" of my collection. Thanks for letting me share it with you!

Dave

[NavyFCO]

And the reverse...

[GeorgeCL]

Great Historial piece Dave,

I really like the White Russian/Civil war pieces..

Thanks for posting it

George

[Theodor]

This is really a great and rare piece!!! Thank you for showing to us!!

[Stogieman]

Hi David, beautiful piece of history........ a true keeper!

[GeorgeCL]

Hi Dave,

Is the crest on either side stiched?

Please post closeups...

Great to see originals..

Thanks again for posting it..

George

[NavyFCO]

Ask and thou shalt receive... Here's a close up of the front...

[NavyFCO]

And the reverse...

[GeorgeCL]

Thanks for the close ups..

Looks Great! Lots of work at a trying time.

George

Edited January 6, 2006 by georgecl

[HuliganRS]

Super!

But you already know that!!!

[buellmeister]

It looks like the Tsarina had some influence on the on design on the back.

Fantasic flag!!!!

Joel

[Guest GerritJ9]

The colours are faded, but they seem to be black, red and gold which were the colours of the Weimar republic. Perhaps indicating some form of official German Government support??????

[Christophe]

And what about the Russia flag colours ?

Dave, a really nice flag; an historical symbol!!!!

Ch.

[Guest GerritJ9]

Imperial Russia's colours were white, blue and red, as are the Russian Federation's. Tsar Peter the Great slightly modified the Dutch flag to arrive at Russia's.

And the colours in the flag bear no resemblance to white, blue and red methinks.

[Christophe]

(...) And the colours in the flag bear no resemblance to white, blue and red methinks.

That's how I see them , but maybe am I wrong ? Let's Dave arbitrate...

Cheers.

Ch.

[Ed_Haynes]

What a nice white flag. (Was that a pun?)

[NavyFCO]

That's how I see them , but maybe am I wrong ? Let's Dave arbitrate...

Cheers.

Ch.

Let's try on the colors of black, yellow and white for size? Those were the original colors of this flag, and the colors that several White units fought under.

Check out this link and note the colors of the "civil ensign" that flew until 1883... rather familiar?

http://www.vdiest.nl/Asia/russia.htm

Dave

Edited April 25, 2006 by NavyFCO

[Pete A]

Black, orangish-yellow, and white were the colors of the Romanov Family. That combination was also used in the ribbons for the 1913 Romanov Tercentenary medal and the medal for suppression of Polish Rebellion of 1863-64.

Pete

[Mossy]

The colours, orange and black, were also used on the St George cross and later the Soviet Order of glory and ww2 victory medal if i remember correctly.

Sam.

[Christophe]

Let's try on the colors of black, yellow and white for size? Those were the original colors of this flag, and the colors that several White units fought under.

Check out this link and note the colors of the "civil ensign" that flew until 1883... rather familiar?

http://www.vdiest.nl/Asia/russia.htm

Dave

Thanks Dave, I'm corrected.

Cheers.

Ch.

[Christophe]

The colours, orange and black, were also used on the St George cross and later the Soviet Order of glory and ww2 victory medal if i remember correctly.

Sam.

Sam, you remember well .

Ch.

[Ed_Haynes]

Or, for imperial, "White", and other Russian flags, try the Mother of All Sites at:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ru_emp.html

and, especially,

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ru-1920.html

[Paul R]

This is the best piece of Russian History I have seen in a very long time! Thank you for sharing your flag with us!