Flags of the Spanish Infantry in the Conquest of Tunis 1535 (Spain)

Last modified: 2006-02-18 by santiago dotor
Keywords: tunis | cross: saltire (red) | saltire (red) | stripes: 4 (white) | flamed | cross: saltire (white) | saltire (white) | fly: rounded |
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all three images by Sergio Camero, 24 August 2001, 8 and 30 November 2002

• Description

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• Military Flags 1506-1700 (Spain)
• Historical Flags 1506-1700 (Spain)
• Spain

Description

These and many other flags of the Tunis campaign can be observed in the tapestries made by Wilhelm Pannmaker upon drawings by Jan Cornelisz and Pieter Coek Aelst (1554), kept at the Royal Palace in Madrid and the Reales Alcázares in Seville. The flag has a rounded fly, as was common until the 16th century. Source: Antonio Manzano Lahoz, Las Banderas Históricas del Ejército Español.

Sergio Camero, 24 August and 1 October 2001 and 8 and 30 November 2002