diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
index a1590abd13..ff9380e700 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
@@ -699,8 +699,8 @@ open class TileGroup(
                 val specificUnitIconLocation = this.unitsLocation + militaryUnit.name
                 return ImageAttempter(militaryUnit)
                         .forceImage { if (!UncivGame.Current.settings.showPixelUnits) "" else null }
-                        .tryImage { if (civInfo.nation.style.isEmpty()) specificUnitIconLocation else null }
-                        .tryImage { "$specificUnitIconLocation-${civInfo.nation.style}" }
+                        .tryGetUnitEraSprite(militaryUnit, specificUnitIconLocation)
+                        .tryImage { if (civInfo.nation.style.isNotEmpty()) "$specificUnitIconLocation-${civInfo.nation.style}" else null }
                         .tryImage { specificUnitIconLocation }
                         .tryImage { if (baseUnit.replaces != null) "$unitsLocation${baseUnit.replaces}" else null }
                         .tryImages(
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ open class TileGroup(
                 val specificUnitIconLocation = this.unitsLocation + civilianUnit.name
                 return ImageAttempter(civilianUnit)
                         .forceImage { if (!UncivGame.Current.settings.showPixelUnits) "" else null }
+                        .tryGetUnitEraSprite(civilianUnit, specificUnitIconLocation)
                         .tryImage { if (civInfo.nation.style.isNotEmpty()) "$specificUnitIconLocation-${civInfo.nation.style}" else null }
                         .tryImage { specificUnitIconLocation }
                         .tryImage { civilianLandUnit }
@@ -767,6 +768,20 @@ open class TileGroup(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun ImageAttempter<MapUnit>.tryGetUnitEraSprite(unit: MapUnit, specificUnitIconLocation: String): ImageAttempter<MapUnit> {
+        return this.tryImages(
+            // iterate in reverse order to get the most recent era-specific image
+            (unit.civInfo.getEraNumber() downTo 0).asSequence().map {
+                {
+                    val era = civInfo.gameInfo.ruleSet.eras.keys.elementAt(it)
+                    if (civInfo.nation.style.isNotEmpty())
+                        "$specificUnitIconLocation-${civInfo.nation.style}-$era"
+                    else
+                        "$specificUnitIconLocation-$era"
+                }
+            }
+        )
+    }
 
     private var bottomRightRiverImage :Image?=null
     private var bottomRiverImage :Image?=null