Figure 1: Landskneckt Standard of the Swabian League. On a white field, a green pine tree. Upon the pine tree, six squirrels from top left alternately brown and dark grey. Figure 2: Landskneckt Standard of Charles Bourbon the Renegade. On a dark blue field, with three gold fleur-de-lys, a red band. Figure 3: Swiss Standard. On an embroidered golden yellow field, a black bear with red lips and tongue, and a silver cross. Papal Standards Papal Swiss Guard and Companies in the Pope's pay all have on a crimson or white field, a silver tiara with gold crowns and silver and gold keys. Figure 4: Alexander VI (1492-1503) -- Yellow, with a red bull, green flints and yellow and black bands. Figure 5: Julius II (1503-1513) -- Blue with a yellow acorn tree. Figure 6: Leo X (1513-1521) and Clement VII (15231534). This is the Medici coat-of-arms and was probably also carried by Giovani de Medici della Banda Noir (alone, without Papal trappings). On a yellow field five red balls and one dark blue ball with yellow fleurde-lys. Figure 7: Paul III -- On a yellow field, six blue fleur-de-lys. Standards of the Janissary Ortas Figure 8: Yaya Orta 1: On a red or white field, a brown camel with red blanket trimmed yellow and a white- over-red flag. Figure 9: Yaya Orta 3. On a red field, a white scimitar. Figure 10: Yaya Orta 65. On a white or red field, a brown castle with red door and black windows. (This orta was disbanded and a curse laid upon it! ) Figure 11: Yaya Orta 53. On a green or white field, a red arquebus. Figure 12: Yaya Orta 18. On a red, white or green field. bronze cannons. Back to Renaissance Introduction Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. 1 #4 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1979 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com