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Flags at Website

The bibliography page at <www.schweizergarde.info> shows every piece of news ever published about the Vatican Swiss Guard (or at least some of it... ;-) Here's where the flags are shown:
Flag display and depiction:
- Cover of book: Die päpstliche Schwizergarde
Black, red and white dual tone ill.
Upper hoist: John Paul II;
Here is the central emblem.
- Cover of book: La Garde Suisse Pontificale
Same as above.
- Schweizer Illustrierte #21 (1968)
Close up of flag cloth: "damascus" pattern visible.
- Cover of book: Die päpstliche Schweizergarde
Close up of flag cloth: "damascus" pattern visible.
- From the book: Les Suisses au Service Étranger et leur Musée
by J.-R. Bory, chapter Salle du Service Pontifical (fig.246): flag cloth in museum wall display (hoist down!); details unknown. Maybe this one of those mentioned by Todd Mills so it would be one of the Pfyffer d'Altishofen flags: 1942-1957, 1972-1978, 1978 or 1978-1982.
- From article: Die päpstliche Schweizergarde
At Sie und Er magazine of 1944.
Flag bearer, posing, with fully visible flag:
Upper hoist: Pius XII arms;
Here is the central emblem.
- 2002-2005 flag
Upper hoist: John Paul II arms; center: Lt.-Cap. E. Th. Mäder arms. See image above.
- 2002-2005 flag - detail of the center
Lt.-Cap. E. Th. Mäder arms. See image above.
- 1963-1972 flag
Upper hoist: Paul VI arms; center: Lt.-Cap. O. R. Nünlist arms. See image above.
March and parade:
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Cover of Schweizer Soldat of November 1998
Flag partly visible; drummers and halberdiers marching.
- From Schweizer Illustrierte #21 (1968)
Flag partly visible; drummers and halberdiers marching.
- From Schweizer Illustrierte #21 (1968)
Flag partly visible; drummers and halberdiers marching.
- Photo in Vaterland magazine article (1956)
Flag partly visible; halberdiers marching.
- From article Die päpstliche Schweizergarde in Sie und Er magazine of 1944
Flag partly visible; halberdiers marching.
- From article Nach 400 Jahren in der Sonntag #24/8  (12 June 1927), Olten;
Flag partly visible; halberdiers marching.
- From article Le Milizie Pontificie in L'Illustrazione Italiana #49 (supl.)
Flag partly visible; halberdiers in parade.
- From article Nach 400 Jahren in der Sonntag #24/8  (12 June 1927), Olten;
Flag partly visible; halberdiers in parade.
- From article in Sonntagsblatt des Vaterland #22/1, Luzern (1913)
Flag hadly visible; guard in parade; probably one of the last documents showing the previous flag pattern.
New recruit swear-in cerimony:
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Cover of Il Vaticano
Flag partly visible; recruit swearing in.
- From Schweizer Illustrierte #21 (196