Zippo Burgundy Cross Laser Engraving

The symbol has its origin in the middle or end of the first century of our Era, when St. Andrew died crucified in Patras, Greece, being tied on a cross in the shape of a cross. In the Middle Ages, the Dukes of Burgundy took it as a symbol, an independent state that occupied part of present-day northern France, Belgium and the southern Netherlands. Specifically, the Dukes of Burgundy used by flag two logs crossed and represented to the natural, with the knots. In 1477 the then Archduke Maximilian of Austria (future Emperor of the Holy Germanic Roman Empire) married Duchess Maria de Burgundy, inheriting his firstborn son, Philip, the title of Duke of Burgundy at the death of his mother in 1482. In 1496 Felipe married Juana, daughter of Queen Isabel I of Castile. When Juana rose to the throne at the death of her mother, Felipe became a consort King. It was he who introduced the Aspa de Burgundy in Spain, an emblem that his personal escort wore, the so-called Burgundy Guard.