The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow strip being twice as wide as each red stripe. A crimson square with the Coat of arms of the King in the center. A version of the flag with gold fringing is known as the guidon and serves as the command sign or positional flag for military use.

Jul 28, 2015 · The history of Spanish ensigns is a difficult one to follow, since the forming of Spain as a nation in the 15th century until the establishment of the red-gold-red ensign by royal decree on May 28th 1785.

The flag of Spain (Bandera de España), [a] as it is defined in the Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the height of each red stripe.

Jul 29, 2015 · Banderas y Estandartes (Flags and Standards, Spanish text only) with military flags of the 16th and 17th centuries at the Tercios Españoles website

The flag of Spain consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow strip being twice as wide as each red stripe. More information Flag, Date ... A crimson square with the Coat of arms of the King in the center.

An official Spanish flag was first recognized by the Royal Decree of 1843, signed by Isabella II. This regulation turned the two-colored flag with a shield in the center into what we know today as the flag of Spain.

Oct 20, 2018 · Antecedentes y Evolución de las Banderas en España 1700-1978 (Origins and Evolution of Flags in Spain 1700-1978, Spanish text only), an article by Luis Sorando of the Spanish Army Museum at the Nec Pluribus Impar website La Bandera en la Armada

From the early sixteenth century to 1843, the de facto national flag of Spain was white with the Cross of Burgundy in red. This flag was used primarily in Spain's overseas colonial empire. The Cross of Burgandy was a symbol associated with the House of Habsburg, whose monarchs ruled Spain from 1516 to 1700.

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The flag was used by merchant ships within the Spanish Netherlands since the sixteenth century. The flag consists of The Cross of Burgundy - the emblem adopted by Habsburgs to use in Spanish Navy since the sixteenth century - and alternating white and blue stripes, seven of …