regimental color

noun

variants or less commonly regimental flag or regimental standard

: a flag, ensign, or pennant usually bearing symbols associated with the regiment by which it is carried as a mark of identification

for many years … state flags continued to be carried as regimental colors

—Leslie Thomas

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