Komturia Elbing (Teutonic Order, Germany)

Nowadays Elblag (Poland)

Last modified: 2005-06-25 by santiago dotor
Keywords: komturia | elbing | elblag | cross (red) | cross (white) | crosses: 2 (counterchanged) | cross: formy (red) | cross: formy (white) | cross: formy (counterchanged) |
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by Jaume Ollé

• Description
• Flag variant with crosses formy

See also:

• Banner of the Komturia and Town of Elbing in the Banderia Prutenorum manuscript
• Elbing Historical Flags (Prussia, Germany)
• Elblag (Poland)
• Komturias of the Teutonic Order
• Teutonic Order (Deutscher Orden, Germany)

Description

White-red bicolor with crosses in opposite color (i.e. counterchanged) in each field, cross bars slightly larger than the vertical ones.

Norman Martin, 20 January 1998

The flag of Elbing Norman Martin describes is quoted in the Banderia Prutenorum manuscript as "Flag of Elbing citizens, under which some mercenaries fought". Another Elbing flag has the following caption: "Second flag of the city of Elbing, carried by the Hauskomtur Ulrich von Stoffeln". In this case the crosses are of slightly different shape.

Mario Fabrett