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Also known as cavalry banner, banner (cavalry)

300px|right|thumb|"Chorągiew Pancerni|pancerna of [[rotmistrz Józef Hulewicz" painted by Wojciech Kossak]]

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  • 14th to 17th centuries
  • 15th century (2nd half) to 18th century (1st half)
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300px|right|thumb|"Chorągiew Pancerni|pancerna of [[rotmistrz Józef Hulewicz" painted by Wojciech Kossak]]

Chorągiew (; literally: "banner") was the basic administrative unit of the Polish and Lithuanian cavalry from the 14th century. An alternative name until the 17th century was rota.

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