Tercios de Flandes Tie Clip

gemelolandia.com - Tercios de Flandes Tie Clip made of Brass with Enamel. 17x10mm size

Tie bar that represents the flag of the Thirds of Flanders with the cross of Burgundy and the Double-Headed Eagle of Charles V.

The Thirds of Flanders were founded in 1534 as such and until 1704 the year of their dissolution was the military unit par excellence of the Spanish army, with more than 100 years in which they did not have defeat in the open field, it was from the Battle of Rocroix in 1643 when his decline began. Great victories such as Gravelines, Nordlingen, San Quentin, etc. made this unit the body of legend in the history of Spain.