Each of the 26 modern cantons of Switzerland has an official flag and a coat of arms. The history of development of these designs spans the 13th to the 20th centuries.
The 22 cantonal coats of arms in the stained glass dome of the Federal Palace of Switzerland (c. 1900)
Ten cantonal war flags carried in the Battle of Nancy (1477) in the depiction of the Luzerner Chronik of 1513. All flags of the Eight Cantons are shown, but the flags of Bern and Uri omit the heraldic animal, showing only the cantonal colours. In addition, the flags of Fribourg and Solothurn appear - at the time not yet full members, these areas would join the confederacy in the aftermath of this battle. Each flag has the confederate cross attached.
Depiction of the coat of arms of six of the Eight Cantons (omitting Zürich and Bern, but adding Solothurn and Appenzell) in a 1459 manuscript made for Albert VI, Archduke of Austria. The text denounces "the Swiss" as "faithless vassals" who hold their territories illegally.
The coats of arms of the Thirteen Cantons as shown on the "baptismal medal" or Patenpfennig presented by the Confederacy to Princess Claude of Valois (by Jacob Stampfer of Zürich (1547).
Canton of Schwyz
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The canton of Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred on and named after the town of Schwyz.
Modern wooden bridge on Obersee between Rapperswil and Hurden, near the site of the ancient bridges
The Abbey of Einsiedeln and Schwyz town were two of the major powers in Schwyz.
Schwyz valley, with Schwyz town in the center foreground, Mount Rigi in the right background, Lake Lucerne and Brunnen on the left and Lake Lauerz on the right
Pfäffikon Castle, one of the castles built by outside landlords to control their lands in Schwyz