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Netherlands West India Company

Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie

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The upper stripe of the flags of the VOC and GWC was at first orange, and changed like in the Dutch flag to red between 1630 and 1660.
Sometimes a little "v" was attached to the "W". According to Klaes Sierksma this was done by the GWC Amsterdam Chamber to form an "A". Another variant was a large "I" with a "W" over a "C" placed on it.
Source: "Vaandels van de Westindische Compagnie" in Spiegel Historiael (Dutch magazine for history and archeology) April 1975, which is an article about a 17th century manuscript found in 1974 in which 50 military Colours of troops of the GWC were documented.
Mark Sensen, 30 July 1998

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