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Nederlands: Militaire vaandels van Nederland 1572–1621
English: War flag of the Nederland 1572–1621
a, b and c are versions of the Prinsenvlag, which was blue, white and orange in this period.
d lion, appearing on some Dutch infantry standards; likely to be in natural colours, red or gold.
e, f and g flags of Scots infantry, late 1570s or early 1580s.
e has a slogan on the diagonal, the decipherable part of which runs '. . . D VIIL.DEFEND.AN.DAY. MANIEME .... NO...' The arms on
f are those of Thomas Newton -quarterly, first and fourth argent a lion rampant sable, second and third gules a lion argent. Crest an arm with a sword. arms in the center.
g are those of Wemyss: gules, a lion rampant argent on a chief azure, two stars argent. Crest two white ostrich feathers, one red. Colours of stripes unknown. Another flag was like g but with stripes only.
h flag of a company in Johan Ernst van Nassau's Regiment. Flag blue, 'flames' white or cream.
i carried by Dutch infantry, 1591. I think this belongs to an English unit and that the canton is probably a red St George's cross on a white ground.
j infantry company flag 1621. Dark blue. Triangles orange and white, lions and wreath gold.
k infantry company flag, 1621. Dark blue. Triangles red and yellow, diamonds white, lettering gold. Probably had border all round.
l close-up of Venetian winged lion within wreath on h. 'Cliff' green, sea blue, lion brown, sword and bible white, surrounding wreath gold.
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