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image by Tomislav Todorović, 18 April 2013
National Socialist Tercios of New Castile (Tercios Nacional Socialistas de
Nueva Castilla) was the name of a neo-Nazi organization from Peru which,
according to the Internet Archive records from their website [1], was founded c.
2004. The name of the group combines the original name given to present-day Peru
by Spanish conquerors with the name of contemporary Spanish military units, both
referring to Spanish (i.e. "white") origins of their members. In 2008, they
joined the National Socialist Movement "Peru Awake" (Movimiento Nacional
Socialista Despierta Peru') to found the National Socialist Union of Peru
(Unión Nacional Socialista del Peru'), which seems to have happened on Hitler's
119th birthday or a bit earlier [2], although their website was not defunct
until the end of 2009 [1].
Tomislav Todorović, 18 April 2013
Images of their flag were shown at their website [3] and elsewhere [4], but the
only photo available on the Web is from the founding of the
National Socialist Union of Peru [2]. The flag was white, charged with a narrow red
saltire, and over all a black cross, which is a combination of the cross of
Saint James (bottom arm) and the arrow cross (other three arms). Red saltire on
white is clearly derived from the Cross of Burgundy, while Saint James is the
patron saint of Spain (hence the shape of bottom arm of the cross). The color
set is that of the Nazi flag, while the arrow cross is sometimes used by the
neo-Nazis (hence the shape of top and side arms of the cross). Breast patches
patterned like the flag were used as the distinguishing marks on uniforms worn
by the group members [2].
Sources:
[1] Internet Archive Wayback Machine -
records of the group website.
[2] Photo from
the
founding of National Socialist Union of Peru.
[3] National Socialist Tercios of New Castile
website at the Internet Archive. (Image).
[4] Animated image
displaying the flag and incomplete name of the National Socialist Tercios of New
Castile.
Special thanks to Esteban Rivera, Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, Chris
Southworth and Ned Smith, whose answers to my question about translating the
name of this group have helped me to complete this contribution. (Contributions
can read at this page)
Tomislav Todorović, 18 April 2013
