Being a uniform and flag design service to wargamers and to the imaginary crowned heads of 17th and 18th Century Europe, especially of the Seven Years War period - now By Appointment to the Court of Saxe-Bearstein! (But please note that the uniforms and flags presented here are not fictional - they are genuine 17th and 18th Century uniforms and flags that are as authentic as I can make them from my sources.)
Provenance of this flag is disputed as with so many Spanish flags of the period. It may have belonged to the Guardias Del Rey. The Colonel's flag below is actually from an earlier Tercio of the 1630s or 1640s (see discussion in the Osprey Men-at-Arms • 481 The Spanish Tercios 1536–1704 by Ignacio & Iván Notario López Illustrated by Gerry & Sam Embleton.
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David Morfitt
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Sunday, March 08, 2026
Beauties!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray! :-) It should certainly dazzle the enemy! ;-)
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Now that is one intricate flag design there David, and the poor embroiderers must have cried when they saw it;)!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) Yes, I don't imagine they received extra pay either!
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David.
These are simply stunning!
ReplyDeleteKind Regards,
Stokes
Thank you, Stokes. :-) At least complex geometrical shapes are relatively easy (if sometimes tedious) to recreate...
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Fantastic flags David.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) There are many Spanish flags of unknown units from this period.
DeleteAll the best,
David.
Glorious!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve. :-) They should look good on the wargames table, I think.
DeleteAll the best,
David.