Image: Battle of Laupen
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Description: Illustration of the Battle of Laupen (1339) between Swiss forces and an army of the Dukes of Savoy. It still shows the old german red flag with a white cross upon it. The confederate forces are on the right. The Bernese victory at the Battle of Laupen helped bring Bern into the Swiss Confederation.
Title: Illustration of the Battle of Laupen (1339) between Swiss forces and an army of the Dukes of Savoy
Credit: The Spiez Chronicle of Diebold Schilling the Elder, around 1484; Image from http://www.rbvex.it/svizzeri.html; 2nd version from http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/images/zwi1.jpg
Author: Diebold Schilling the Elder
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