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The "Imperial Pikemen" artwork! Here the site of "Sorcery" Sorcery TCG

Swiss Soldiers, Burgundian Wars, March 1476

On 2 March 1476 the Swiss army has directed an attack on the castle of Vaumarcus, near Neuchâtel.
The attack was led by the men of Berne.
The standard bearer of the picture carries the flag and colors of Hans von Hallwyl, a Swiss army commander.

Hans Franz Naegeli, Conqueror of the Vaud, 1536

Hans Franz Nägeli was Supreme Commander of the Bernese troops in the conquest of Vaud (1536), during the war agaist Savoy.

 In the campain of March 1536 he conquered Chateau Chillon and Lausanne; the conquest of the Pays de Vaud was completed on the 29th March 1536, the day when the wonderful castle of Chillon (http://www.chillon.ch/en/castle) fell.
http://www.hr-lavater.ch/2014/08/09/der-baer-in-der-waadt-1536/

 This figure is based on the beautiful “Schützenbrunnen” and “Vennerbrunnen”, two of the many charming sculture-fountain of Bern, made by the Master Hans Gieng in the years between 1542 and 1543. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gieng

The illustration depicts Nägeli in half-harness, with the typical broad-brimmed plumed hat.

The sculpture of the "Vennerbrunnen" in Bern 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vennerbrunnen

Places, castles and warriors of Swiss History

To sum up: in one post my artworks on Swiss History

Wilhelm Tell, 1307 AD

Wilhelm Tell is the legendary hero of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the early 14th century. His exploits are traced back to 1307. Here is indeed represented as a "real" crossbowman of the years before the battle of Morgarten (1315). The landscape is that of the original story: the enchanting scenery of Lake Lucerne.

Swiss halberdier, Morat/Murten 1476, & Swiss soldier from Bern, 1475

In 1475 the Bernese, with Fribourg, conquered large parts of the Vaud Savoyard, which was allied with the Burgundians. During the month of August the Bernese attacked the castle of Aigle, to end the restless deployment of enemy troops.

Georg von Frundsberg (1473-1528), "Father of the Landsknechts"

Georg von Frundsberg, Lord of Mindelheim, supreme commander ("Obrist Feldhauptmann) of the imperial forces under Charles V and "father of the Landsknechts". Many times victorious against Venice and France, at the Battle of La Bicocca (1522) and Pavia (1525). Famous his motto: "Viel Feind, viel Ehr'!"

Landsknecht versus Reislaeufer, c. 1520 AD



"Hie Lanz", "Hie Schwytz"
Landsknecht VS Reislaeufer

"Hie Lanz"
German Landsknecht (Schultheiss)

"Hie Schwytz"
Swiss Reislaeufer