This is the St. George Squadron Standard of the St. Petersburg Dragoon Regiment of 1806. It arrived at the collection of the Tambov Regional Ethnography Museum in 1920s. Scientists believe that the standard used to be stored in an armory: a storeroom for arms and individual equipment that belonged to one of the regiments quartered in Tambov.
The award in the form of the St. George Standard appeared during the war of the Third Coalition, i.e. the Russian-Austrian-French war. At that time, the Napoleon army in alliance with Italy, Spain and Bavaria were fighting against the troops of the Anti-French Coalition: the union of the Russian, British, Holy Roman and Austrian Empires. Napoleon intended to invade England and assembled troops at the English Channel. At the same time, Austria and Russia were planning to start a war in the territory of Italy and Bavaria. Napoleon suspended the invasion and turned his troops. The Austrian Army that failed to wait till the approach of the Russian troops, entered a battle with Napoleon and suffered defeat. The Russian had to retreat, and in 1805, in the Battle of Austerlitz the allied armies of the Austrian and the Russian Emperors were finally destroyed.
In 1808, the St. Petersburg Dragoon Regiment that participated in the campaign was awarded with five St. George Standards: one white standard and four green ones. Alexander I decorated the dragoons for the fact that in the battles of the village of Hauzet in November 1805, and of the city of Preussisch Eylau in January 1807, they captured three French banners. None of the other Russian regiments captured that many trophies in that war.
The award in the form of the St. George Standard appeared during the war of the Third Coalition, i.e. the Russian-Austrian-French war. At that time, the Napoleon army in alliance with Italy, Spain and Bavaria were fighting against the troops of the Anti-French Coalition: the union of the Russian, British, Holy Roman and Austrian Empires. Napoleon intended to invade England and assembled troops at the English Channel. At the same time, Austria and Russia were planning to start a war in the territory of Italy and Bavaria. Napoleon suspended the invasion and turned his troops. The Austrian Army that failed to wait till the approach of the Russian troops, entered a battle with Napoleon and suffered defeat. The Russian had to retreat, and in 1805, in the Battle of Austerlitz the allied armies of the Austrian and the Russian Emperors were finally destroyed.
In 1808, the St. Petersburg Dragoon Regiment that participated in the campaign was awarded with five St. George Standards: one white standard and four green ones. Alexander I decorated the dragoons for the fact that in the battles of the village of Hauzet in November 1805, and of the city of Preussisch Eylau in January 1807, they captured three French banners. None of the other Russian regiments captured that many trophies in that war.
