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| Keywords: Skibsflaget fra Mariakirken i Lübeck.png A medieval ship flag captured from a Danish ship by forces from Lübeck in 1427 displaying the arms of Denmark Sweden Norway and Pomerania The flag remained in this city for 500 years until destroyed in World War II during an Anglo-American bombardment that damaged St Mary's Church where the flag was kept A 19th century copy is exhibited at the Danish Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Palace Denmark The saint accompanying the Virgin Mary and infant Christ is Saint James the Greater identified by his scallop shell emblem Based on the heraldic images shown the flag must have dated from the reign of King Eric of Pomerania It was consequently created no earlier than 1396 and no later than the 1420s The flag was made of coarse linen All figures and heraldic insignia were created using oil-based paint and the flag's two sides were imperfectly painted as mirrors of each other Karl Nikolaj Henry Petersen 20 Mar 1849 - 21 Sep 1896 http //www gravsted dk/person php navn henrypetersen Et dansk Flag fra Unionstiden i Maria-Kirken i Lübeck Copenhagen C A Reitzel 1882 page 57 Own scan ca 1882 Illustration by Professor Julius Magnus Petersen 4 Sep 1827 “ 1 Feb 1917 http //www kulturarv dk/kid/VisKunstner do kunstnerId 4871 PD-old Assessments Assessments 1 Medieval ship flag Historical flags of Denmark Historical flags of Norway Historical flags of Sweden Symbols of the Kalmar Union St Marien Lübeck before 1942 Julius Magnus Petersen Lübeck in the 1420s Destroyed in Lübeck in 1942 Former interiors of St Marien Lübeck Danish-Hanseatic War 1426 “1435 Nordic Cross flags Historical flags | ||||
