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Ensign for the Spanish Netherlands c.1520-c.1701 (Spain)

'Flanders' Ensign, possibly ensign of vessels operating in Flemish waters

Last modified: 2005-02-26 by santiago dotor
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['Flanders' Ensign 1520-1701 (Spain)]
by José Carlos Alegría



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Description

A horizontal tricolour of red-white-yellow (...) defaced with a Burgundy cross on the white stripe —sometimes centred, sometimes offset to the hoist— is usually reported as the flag of the Spanish Netherlands:

Santiago Dotor, 26 October 2000