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Please note that this word is recorded as having a Spanish origin (which remains unproven) however, the extent to which it was used in English medieval manuscripts is not known.
Alferous/Standard Bearers C17th (Wikipedia)
Notes
a) It is suggested that the alternative form was sometimes used in
medieval manuscripts
b) There is a possible relationship between this term and the
Spanish military rank of alférez or ensign (see also
‘ensign 5)’.
Arms and Flag of Torres Vedras, Portugal
(fotw)
Seal and Flag of the State of Virginia,
US (fotw and state symbols);
Jack and Command Flag of the Batavian Republic 1797, The Netherlands (fotw);
Proposed Presidential Flag 1817, US (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Goppisberg Switzerland (fotw &
Wikipedia)
Arms and Flag of Magdeburg (or Maiden-Town), Germany (fotw)
National Flag/Civil Ensign as regulated, and Alternative Civil Ensign of the
United Arab Emirates
(fotw); National Flag/Civil Ensign as regulated, and Alternative Civil Ensign of
Nicaragua (fotw)
Ambassador's flags: Sierra Leone,
Italy 1918, Mexico 1911
- 1916, Finland 1919 - 1920 (fotw)
American War Mothers/Armistice Day Flag,
US (fotw)
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