{"id":1042,"date":"2024-10-22T13:48:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/?page_id=1042"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:53:42","slug":"the-revolutionary-flag-of-the-mountainous-area-agios-vasileios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/collections\/historical-collection\/weaponry\/the-revolutionary-flag-of-the-mountainous-area-agios-vasileios\/","title":{"rendered":"The revolutionary flag of the mountainous area Agios Vasileios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">One of the largest preserved \u2018military ensigns\u2019 (2.10 x 1.10 m), the flag is handmade of woollen cloth. Sewn onto the four blue ends of it are the initials of the slogan of the revolution, K.E.E.\u0398. (CRETE-HELLAS-UNION or DEATH), in capital letters, while in the middle is the sign of the Cross, embroidered on either side of which are the initials of the words Jesus Christ Conquers (IC XC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The embroidered capital letters (D.S.) below indicate that the ensign belonged to the unit led by Dimitrios Sakorrafos from Roustika, son of Georgios Sakorrafos, commander of the freedom-fighters in the area during the Greek War of Independence in 1821. The flag is slashed in places and is riddled with holes from Turkish bullets. This rare heirloom was preserved by Captain Antonios Vlatakis from Melambes and, after his death, by Eleni Mystraki-Doukaki. It was carried in the revolts of 1866-1869, 1878, 1889 &amp; 1897, witnessing the fierce battles fought in the mountainous areas of Agios Vasileios and neighbouring provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the largest preserved \u2018military ensigns\u2019 (2.10 x 1.10 m), the flag is handmade of woollen cloth. Sewn onto the four blue ends of it are the initials of the slogan of the revolution, K.E.E.\u0398. (CRETE-HELLAS-UNION or DEATH), in capital letters, while in the middle is the sign of the Cross, embroidered on either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":444,"parent":1033,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-collections-historical.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1042","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399,"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042\/revisions\/2399"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laoreth.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}