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When the Holy Roman Empire took part in the Crusades, a war flag was flown alongside the black-gold imperial banner. This flag, known as the "Saint George Flag", was a white cross on a red background: the reverse of the St George's Cross used as the flag of Lombardy and England. [1]
While they may give a good general idea of how flags looked like, the flags themselves are "simplified and schematised", and the illustrators do not bother to differentiate between the flags shown for the Byzantines and for their enemies; even the Saracens are shown as flying a flag topped with a cross. [72]
the Imperial Eagle of the Holy Roman Empire in the first and fourth quarters and the Snake of Milan in the second and third quarters. 1398–1701 1st Flag of The Principality of Piombino: A white field with a chess themed diagonal red stripe. 1410–1516 3rd Flag of The Kingdom of Sicily under The Crown of Aragon An inverted version of the ...
Flags of the Holy Roman Empire; Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor; German Confederation; Golden Bull of 1356; Grand Duchy of Hesse; Grand Duchy of Tuscany; HMS Cumberland (1695) Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1686–1691) History of Hanover (region) History of Szczecin; Holy Roman Empire; House of Franckenstein; Imperial election; Kingdom of Bohemia ...
It is believed that the modern flag design, with the red and yellow vertical stripes, was introduced in 1870, the year when the city was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy. In 1884, the city officially introduced its coat of arms, which then began being displayed on the state flag variant. Its design was based on a wall carving dating back ...
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English: Flag with a white cross on a red field, supposed to represent an early form of the Reichssturmfahne or Imperial War Flag, used alongside the Imperial Banner. It was smaller than the imperial banner, carried before the emperor or his appointed commander in battle.
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