image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
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The images below are from a photo of A.VELLA, depicted on chart no.1 in Capt. Joseph M. WISMAYER: “The fleet of the order of St.John 1530-1798” (see source details below).
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
Description of flag:
It is a white square flag with the coat of arms of
Pope Clemens XIII (1758-1769) in its centre.
Description of coat of arms:
It is a quarterly divided shield. The 1st quarter is showing the arms of the
Order of St. John, a white Greek cross in a red field. The 2nd and third quarter
are showing a silver (= white) tower in a blue field. The 4th quarter is showing
a silver (= white) field with 3 red sinister bendy lines. The inescutcheon is
showing a black double headed eagle in a golden (= yellow) field. The shield is
superimposed on two crossed golden (= yellow) keys and is topped by a golden (=
yellow) tiara.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
Description of flag:
It is a white square flag with the coat of arms of
the Order of St. John in its centre. The shield is topped by a crown, lined
black and is superimposing two crossed bundles of three palm leaves each in
natural colour.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
It is a pink square flag with the coat of arms of the Order of St. John in
its centre. The shield is topped by a crown, lined black and is superimposing
two crossed black anchors.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
It
is a white square flag with the coat of arms of the order’s Grandmaster
Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741-1773) in its centre. The shield is topped by a
crown, lined black.
Description of coat of arms:
It is a quarterly divided
shield. 1st and 4th quarter are showing the order’s arms. 2nd and 3rd quarter
are showing a silver (= white) field with five red lying crescents, ordered two
above one above two.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
Source:
All images are based on a photo of A.VELLA, depicted on chart no.1
in Capt. Joseph M. WISMAYER: “The fleet of the order of St. John 1530-1798”,
Midsea Books, Valetta(?) 1997; ISBN 99909-75-30-2. The primary source given
there is the archives of Dominicans. Though you couldn’t recognize all details
of the papal arms, I was able to recognize the arms as those of Clemens XIII (Wikipedia.org). All images probably have been made
about 1760, the time of Clemens XIII, or a little bit later. The standards
were held by naval ensigns. Their uniforms are also of mid 18th century style.
As all flags are held by ensigns, they might be “squarish” instead of squares.
(Ensign here is not a flag but a person having a military rank like German
“Fähnrich”, i.e. the flag bearer).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 October 2008
