Bosworth flag piece up for auction

A 500-year-old piece of the battle flag which flew on the field where King Richard III was slain is going up for auction.

The red and gold cloth fragment, which measures 6.5in by 5.5in, was, according to auctioneers, a standard of the future Henry VII, during the pivotal and bloody fight between the houses of Lancaster and York which took place at Bosworth Field in 1485.
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