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Flag of Reigoldswil, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Veiros, Portugal (fotw);
Flag of Prahins, Switzerland (fotw)
Flag of
Skaun, Norway (fotw)
Please note that the “vambrace” was a piece of armour which protected the forearm.
Flag and Arms of Běhařov , Czech Rep. (fotw)
Notes
a) It has been suggested that the word
“vane” was a southern English dialect corruption of the Medieval term “fane” –
see ‘fane 1))’.
b) The term vane (or van) in heraldry can also refer to a
‘winnowing basket’ or scruttle/shruttle/fruttle/fan.
National Flag of India with two other variants
of the chakra (fotw)
Car/Vehicular Flag and Standard of the Reich
President 1933 - 1935, Germany (fotw); Flanked by two
Vehicular Flags/Fanions According to NATO
Regulations (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Larinho, Portugal (fotw);
Flag of Figueiredo, Portugal (fotw)
Venn A - Stand of Six Colours (Colonel, Lt Col, Major, First – Third Captain), Westminster Liberty Regiment, London. England c1641 (fotw)
Venn B – Stand of Six Colours (Colonel, Lt Col, Major, First – Third Captain), Blew Trayned Band, London, England c1641 (CS)
Notes:
a) The above system of classification only applies
to English colours, and is taken from those illustrated by Captain Thomas Venn
in his book Military Observations (or the Tacticke Put Into Practice) of 1672.
b) There were a number of variations not originally covered
by this classification, and that further, more comprehensive
methods have been recently proposed.
Flag of Ueberstorf, Switzerland (fotw)
National Flags of Haiti 1805 and
1964 - 1986 (fotw)
Vertical Flags/Banners of Wolfsburg and
Aspach, Germany (fotw);
Hanging Flag of Aschaffenburg, Germany (fotw)
Flag of Duchcov, Czechia (fotw)
Pennant of the Kanu-Gemeinschaft Eiderstedt e.V (fotw);
Pennant of the Rasen- und Wassersportverein Essen-Werden, Germany (fotw)
Flag of Hoogstraten, Belgium (fotw);
Flag of Commugny, Switzerland (fotw)
Flag of Lindern, Germany (fotw); National flag of Nigeria (fotw)
National flag of Moldova (fotw);
National flag of Romania (fotw)
Vertically Hoisted Flag of
Sankt Wolfgang, Germany (fotw)
Please note with regard to 1) that this use of the term has been introduced by the Editors as no existing established term could be found, however, in German language vexillology the terms hochflagge, hochformatflagge, hochformatfahne, knatterflagge or knatterfahne (or their plurals flaggen and fahnen) are variously used.
Army Ordinance Corps, US;
Army Transportation Corps, US
Please note that as far as is known the vessel flag of the US army transportation corps is still in current use, and that the vessel flag of the US corps of engineers is now also authorized to be flown on land at their facilities which are not located on Army installations.
Flag of Nová Ves, Czechia (fotw);
Flag of Damvant, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Brod Moravice, Croatia (fotw)
Flag of the Royal British Legion, UK (Graham Bartram); Flag of The Royal Naval Association, UK
(Graham Bartram); Standard of the Korean Veterans Association, UK (Graham Bartram)
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