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| Keywords: Cantonal flags Nancy 1477 1513.jpg en Depiction of the Swiss confederate flags at the battle of Nancy 1477 Detail of the plate depicting the battle in the Luzerner Chronik of Diebold Schilling 1513 All flags of the Eight Cantons are shown but the flags of Berne and Uri omit the heraldic animal showing only the cantonal colours In addition the flags of Fribourg and Solothurn are shown at the time not yet full members who would join the confederacy in the aftermath of this battle in 1481 The flag of the city of Basel is shown separately behind the confederate flags not included in this detail Each flag has the white confederate cross attached those of Schwyz Lucerne and Zug in the center the others in the top corner at the host except for Glarus where it is in the top corner at the fly apparently for reasons of space and for Zürich which is partially obscured behind Zug and Glarus so that no cross is visible but the red Schwenkel at the top of the flag of Zürich is visible 1513 Luzerner Chronik detail of File Deutsche Geschichte5-290 jpg Creator Diebold Schilling PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Flags and Coats of arms used by Swiss soldiers 1300-1550 | ||||
