The oldest surviving Polish royal banner, from 1553, in Wawel castle treasury

by sonicandfffan

4 comments
  1. It… It…. It’s beautiful.

    [ proceeds to cry intensely ]

  2. I may be wrong, but this banner can’t be from 1553 as it portrays the sigil of Vasa, first Vasa on the Polish-Lithuanian throne was crowned in 1587.

  3. Wow…cool, but that “Polish” royal banner has Lithuanian “Vytis” inside of it. And it looks like usual Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth flag, which started in 1569.

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