Note 7 — Chapter II · A HISTORY OF MILITARY COLOURS
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A Certificate has been issued to each man serving in the Coldstreams during the War bearing the statement: “This is to inform the relatives and friends of —— that he has served his King and Country as a soldier, No. —— in the Coldstream Guards, during the Great European War.” The card is decorated with this colour and one of later date. The idea might well be followed by other regiments.