League Of Augsburg - Fighting Talk

Swedish flag TYW but whats the lettering ? anybody know

Latin. Something like -

"To gain wisdom - fear the Lord"

DPT

...or maybe -

"The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord"

- is better.

DPT

Translated as "the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom". It is a quote from psalm 111

Ian

Thanx for the info guys

if you don't mind me asking where did you get the drawing of the flag from.

Turrabear,

This flag is one from Schlammersdorf's regiment. Check out page 44 of Brzezinski's "The Army of Gustavus Adolphus 1 Infantry" published by Osprey for a black and white picture of all the flags for this regiment. They are all green and white with gold lettering, I believe. A colour version of one of the flags features on plate E in the above book.

There are undoubtedly other sources, but I did my version of Schlammersdorf a long time ago, so, regrettably, do not have any other suggestions immediately in mind.

Gary

thanks for that . i'll have to check my osprey when i get home . it's alway's good to get some new information on flags of the thirty years war.