In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification.
Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing heraldic flags vary from country to country, and have varied over time.
vexillology, a heraldicflag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification. Heraldicflags include banners...
it from a heraldic shield design. War flag of Brunei Canadian Armed Forces ensign War flag of the People's Liberation Army of China War flag of the Republic...
Guidon (heraldicflag) Flags of the autonomous communities of Spain Coats of arms of the autonomous communities of Spain List of provincial flags of Spain...
Arabs and the Norse, to develop flags which flew from poles. Developments in heraldry led to the creation of personal heraldic banners for rulers and other...
sunset, with certain exceptions. Use of the flag is first recorded with the illustration of a heraldicflag in Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount's Register...
The flag of the state of Maryland is the official flag of the U.S. state of Maryland and the 17th-century heraldic banner of arms of Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore...
Australian Flag. Charge A figure or symbol appearing in the field of a flag. Emblem A device often used as a charge on a flag. It may be heraldic in origin...
arms is a type of heraldicflag, characterised by sharing its imagery with that of the coat of arms (i.e. the shield of a full heraldic achievement, rendered...
The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is derived from Saint George's Cross (heraldic blazon:...
colours, in heraldic terms "lozengy argent and gules"), was used at various times, particularly in the 17th century, as an unofficial flag and still appears...
includes some of the flags of the Confederate States of America. It is also used in the flag of Jamaica and on seals, and as a heraldic charge in coats of...
The flag of Lyon consists of a rectangular cloth on which the elements of its coat of arms are displayed, it is therefore a heraldicflag. Habitually...
variety of flags to represent him as a prince, duke, and, eventually, head of state of two of his 15 realms; in the latter case, the heraldicflags are the...
the Luzerner Chronik of 1513. All flags of the Eight Cantons are shown, but the flags of Berne and Uri omit the heraldic animal, showing only the cantonal...
of the former monarchs of Bohemia. The heraldicflag of Bohemia (the flag of Bohemia in the form of the flag with coat of arms) is described and drawn...
this flag); each bordering red field is exactly half its size and it bears a stylized red maple leaf at its centre. In heraldic terminology, the flag's blazon...
recognized heraldic authorities, approves military badges, flags, and other insignia of the Canadian Forces, and provides information on heraldic practices...
favor of pre-1985 National Flag Blue. For the 1998 centennial celebration of Philippine independence, the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines (Republic...
This would become the flag of Pakistan, albeit charged with a white heraldic side or flank at the hoist. The resulting flag bears a striking resemblance...
consists of a red dragon passant on a green and white field. As with many heraldic charges, the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised in...
gonfanon, gonfalone (from the early Italian confalone) is a type of heraldicflag or banner, often pointed, swallow-tailed, or with several streamers...
countries with strong heraldic traditions. Even elsewhere, elements inherited from heraldic tradition are frequently used in national flags and emblems around...
Ramos on Independence Day (June 12), 1996, and subsequently by the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines, or Republic Act No. 8491. The law requires...
on any building, ship, car, or aircraft where she was present. These heraldicflags were usually a nation's coat of arms in banner form. Princess Elizabeth's...
Australian state flags as it is not a defaced Blue Ensign. It is similar in design to the flag of the Northern Territory. The flag uses the Canberra...
direct imperial rule. The first flag, whose design was based on western heraldic standards, was similar to the flags of other British colonies, including...
detailed code of correct usage of the Polish flag. Some organisations and public institutions, such as the Heraldic and Vexillological Institute and the Supreme...
The royal standards of England were narrow, tapering swallow-tailed heraldicflags, of considerable length, used mainly for mustering troops in battle...