Roman uniface gold silver gilded foil eagle standard cold cast aquila aquilifer

Description

This is a made to order Roman uniface gold and silver gilded foil eagle ( Aquila ) standard originally done in cold cast and made for a Roman aquilifer.  It is deisnged to either fit on a wooded pole or you can mount it on your wall in the home. office, villa or praetorium.
The Latin term praetorium or prœtorium or pretorium — originally signified a general's tent within a Roman castra, castellum, or encampment. It derived from the name of one of the chief Roman magistrates, the praetor.  As mentioned, this variant is a one of a kind and no more will be made with the gold and silver gilded foil metals.  Only part of the back is gilded as it is not seen when mounted on a wall.  If you want me to gild the rest of the back, I will do that but I will need to be asked to do this before the item is shipped out.
Roman uniface gold colored eagle standard topper cold cast aquila aquilifer.  Measures 11.5 inches  x 10.5 inches.  I can fix the back to attach to a pole or hang on the wall.  Let me know how you plan to use and display it.  Cold casting is a method when atomized metal powder in mixed in with a boding agent (in this case urethane) and cast into a mold and later removed, cleaned off (removal of release agent), filed, sanded, drilled and finished out.
An aquilia or eagle was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, or eagle-bearer, carried this standard. Each legion carried one eagle.
The eagle was extremely important to the Roman military, beyond merely being a symbol of a legion. A lost standard was considered an extremely grave occurrence, and the Roman military often went to great lengths to both protect a standard and to recover it if lost; for example, see the aftermath of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, where the Romans spent decades attempting to recover the lost standards of three legions.
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