Tercio Viejo de Alburquerque Tie Clip

gemelolandia.com - Tercio Viejo de Alburquerque Tie Clip Tie clip made of rhodium-plated brass and white, yellow and red enamel. Size 17 x 17mm.

The Old Tercio of Alburqurque is famous for its performance in the battle of Rocroi that was fought on May 19, 1643, where the battle was lost but the honor and bravery of this Spanish Tercio once again wreaked havoc among the French troops led by Luis II of Bourbon-Condé. They flatly refused an armistice offered by the French troops but the response was absolutely blunt "We are a Spanish Tercio."