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The Booty of Burgundy
Gallery dedicated to booty of Burgundian Wars 1474 - 1477
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"Atendes"

A Burgundian Knight with one unusual flag with the maxim "Atendes".

Flags from a book "Die Burgunderbeute" and table of Paul Martin.
The extant fragment is preserved on Solothurn museum - Switzerland.

The cape of Duke

A Swiss officer with cape captured
at battle of Morat (22 June 1476).

Original cape is preserved on Castle of Gruyere - Switzerland.
Dimension: cm 146 Height - cm 307 Lenght
cm 440 Circumference.
The first Burgundian defeat


Battle of Héricourt (13 November 1474).
Swiss man at arms with two Burgundian Banners.

Banners from a book “Solothurn Fahnenbuch”,
"Die Burgunderbeute" and table of Paul Martin.
Precious tapestry

A Swiss man at arms with a heraldry tapestry captured at battle of Grandson (2 March 1476).

One tapestry like this but with dimension of
cm 820x206 is visible on Berne historical museum.
In the camp...

A Swiss crossbowman on the burgundian camp
after the battle of Grandson (2 March 1476).

Banner from a book “Solothurn Fahnenbuch”,
"Die Burgunderbeute" and table of Paul Martin.
The extant fragment (cm 133x80) is preserved on Solothurn museum - Switzerland.
If you want others notice on "Burgundian Booty" I advise :

“Die Burgunderbeute” - Florens Deuchler 1963
“Le butin des guerres de Bourgogne” - Musee histoire Berne 1969
“Schweizer Fahnenbuch” - A. Bruckner 1942
The Medieval Soldier - Embleton & Howe
The Swiss at War 1300-1500 - Osprey Man-at-Wars-n° 94
The Armies of medieval Burgundy - Osprey Man-at-arms n° 144

Castle of Gruyere - Switzerland
Castle of Grandson - Switzerland
Solothur museum - Switzerland
Historical museum of Berne - Switzerland
....and Ugo Pozzati - Italy.

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