Sovereign Military Order of Malta - Flag of Grandmaster Manuel Pinto de Fonseca

Grandmaster Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741-1773)

Last modified: 2008-12-26 by rob raeside
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• Description of the flag

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• Historical Grand Masters' flags (for alternate designs)
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Description of flag

Flag of Grandmaster Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741-1773) (square flag)
It is a quarterly divided square flag. The 1st and 4th quarter are showing the white Greek cross in a red field of the Order of St. John. The 2nd and 3rd quarter are showing the personal arms of the grandmaster. It is a silver (= white) containing five red lying crescents ordered two above one above two. The flags are set alternating with the orders colours on both sides of Pinto’s galley, each flag having estimated three meters height and width.
Source: Merian; no.42/1; p.107
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 October 2008