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by Arthur » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:46 pm
According to Pierre Charrié, the cravate was progressively adopted by French cavalry regiments after the battle of Fleurus in 1690. Its use does not seem to have been immediate and universal, though, as Guérard's 1693 Exercices de Mars shows cavalry standards without cravates - though infantry flags have them. It would appear that its adoption was a gradual process than spanned the 1690's.
The tassels were actually the ends of the thin rope used to tie the cravate around the standard pole
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