The War Standard of the White Horse: the standard was associated with the Saxons in the Dark Ages. It was also connected with Hengest and Horsa who, led the first Anglo-Saxon invaders into England in the mid-fifth century, following the end of Roman power in Britain around the year 410. The Saxons are said to have fought under a white horse standard (a claim recalled in the heraldic badge of the county of Kent). England.

• Contributor: De Luan / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: KH5182
• File size: 45.2 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 4584 x 3450 px | 38.8 x 29.2 cm | 15.3 x 11.5 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 9 November 2017
• Location: England, United Kingdom

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From Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities by Charles Knight printed 1845