Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel dronningens vagtmester by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1658-1660. The swedes besieges copenhagen and builds trenches still closer to the city. One night ib abelsøn together with a group of gønger and dutch sailors then has to make a sortie to disturb them. During the fight a gønge captures a flag from the swedes but is killed. Ib abelsøn then takes the flag and attacks the two officers who are trying to tet it back. Someone shots one of the officers but ib abelsøn manages to recognize the other with the helmet as colonel per leijon whom he has meet previous. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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