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Flag of Boulder, US (fotw);
State Seal of Florida (fotw);
Flag of Subotica, Serbia (fotw)
Please note, that whilst a seal originally showed the user’s badge or parts of their armorial bearings (and was used to create an impression on wax or lead), when seen on flags today it is generally not (particularly in US usage) a coat of arms as defined herein (see also ‘anti-heraldry’).
Flag of Idaho, US (fotw);
Flag of the Dept of Energy, US (fotw); Flag of the
Census Bureau, US (fotw)
Notes:
a) This term has been introduced by the Editors as being more appropriate than
those (sometimes) currently in use – see ‘logo on a bedsheet’
and ‘seal on a bedsheet’.
b) In US usage flags of his type are often derived from
previously established military colours.
Flags of the States of New Hampshire and
Kansas, and Seal of State of Minnesota, US (fotw)
National flag and Emblem of Morocco (fotw)
Flag of
New Hampshire, US (fotw); Flag of
Minnesota, US (fotw); Flag of
New York, US (fotw)
Flag of Varaždinske Toplice, Croatia (fotw);
Arms of Portsmouth, UK (fotw);
Presidential Flag of the Philippines (fotw)
Second/Regimental Colour of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, Canada (Official Website)
Civil Jack,
Aircraft Roundel and
Naval Jack of The Netherlands (fotw)
Sector/Registration flag, One Department of Rochefort, France (fotw)
Flag of
Gornji Grad, Slovenia (fotw);
Symbol of the Ratana faith, New Zealand (fotw);
Flag of Schellerten, Germany (fotw)
Flag of Hampshire, UK (fotw);
Flag of Lancashire and of
Lancashire CC (fotw)
Please note that botany draws a distinction between the stamen and seedpods of a rose or other flower, whereas English heraldry does not.
Flag of Mollis, Switzerland (fotw); Flag of
Balneário Camboriú, Brazil (fotw)
Military Crest of Michigan, US (fotw); Flag of
Boksburg, South Africa 1981–1994 (fotw)
Arms and Flag of Stjørdal, Norway (fotw)
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