Flags of an Unknown Spanish Infantry Regiment (but possibly of the Guardias Del Rey) 1683

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.

 

Flag of an unknown Spanish Infantry Regiment 1670-1680 (and possibly carried later too)

We know of  a fair number of Spanish flags of the late 17th and early 18th century (often from captured examples) but rarely do we know which regiments carried them. In some ways this is an advantage as the wargamer is free to allocate them to whatever regiment he/she chooses. This one is depicted in Bruno Mugnai's Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Luois XIV Volume 4: The Armies of Spain 1659-1688