Andrea Modesti Art and Illustration

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....

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

Götz von Berlichingen, Imperial Knight and mercenary, with his “Iron Hand” (metal prosthesis with moving mechanism).

Georg von Frundsberg, Lord of Mindelheim, supreme commander ("Obrist Feldhauptmann) of the imperial forces under Charles V and ...