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Flag of Awans, Belgium (fotw );
Flag of Cuadros, Spain (fotw); Arms and Flag of
Prahins, Switzerland (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Běhařov , Czech Rep. (fotw);
Flag of
Northern Karelia, Finland (fotw); Naval Jack,
Poland (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.
see supplemental note
Variants of the National Flag of India (fotw); Variants of the National Flag of Niger (Graham Bartram and fotw)
Car/Vehicular Flag and Standard of the Reich President 1933 – 1935, Germany (Wikipedia); Two
Vehicular Flags/Fanions According to NATO Regulations (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.
National Flags of Haiti 1805 and
1964 - 1986 (fotw)
Vertical Flag/Banner of Wolfsburg, Germany (fotw);
Vertical/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 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;
Army Mine Planters, US;
Army Corps of Engineers, US (fotw)
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.
Arms of
Poprad, Slovakia (fotw); Flag and Arms 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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