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Flag of the National Socialist Front, Sweden (fotw)
Civil Flag of Niederösterreich, Austria (fotw); Naval Jack of
Ukraine (fotw)
Flag of Domingos Martins, Brazil (fotw); Flag of the
Aland Islands (fotw)
National Flag of Argentina (fotw); Civil Flag of
Nicaragua (fotw)
National Flag of Croatia (fotw); National Flag of the Netherlands (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Troubky, Czechia (fotw &
Wikipedia);
Flag and Arms of Trzebiel, Poland (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Mettembert, Switzerland (fotw
& Wikipedia)
Seal and Flag of
Bakersfield, US (wikipedia and fotw)
The Arms of Messina, Italy (ita24)
Please note that several of the terms giving shields a national identity, as well as those describing a specific type, are still in the process of standardization, and that no consistent approach has thus far been identified.
Flag of Dribin, Belarus (fotw); Arms and Flag of Poczesna,
Poland (fotw)
Please note that the standards of some former French cavalry units (notably the Spahis originally raised in North Africa) were also decorated by horsetails - see ‘toug’.
Turkish Horsetail Standards
(worldimages)
Black Diamond Co, Canada (fotw);
Green and Co., US (fotw);
Alaska Steamship Co., US (fotw);
White Star Line, UK (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Hiddensee Island, Germany (fotw &
Wikipedia); Arms of
Bobenheim am Berg Germany (Wikipedia); Arms of
Grantschen, Germany (Wikipedia); Arms of
Lamprechtshausen, Austria (Wikipedia).
Housewimpel/House Pennant of The Blue Star Line, UK (fotw)
Please note that the correct term in English language vexillology is house pennant - see ‘wimpel’ and following note.
Arms and Flag of Bilje, Croatia (fotw)
Hurt example, Flag of Lenzburg, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Bodenfelde, Germany (fotw)
Please note that in strict English heraldic usage this term should only be applied when the charge described in blue (“azure”) – see ‘tinctures’.
Husband Pennant/Provincial Wimpel of Kainuu, Finland (fotw)
2nd Hussar Regiment, Prussia c1740 (fotw);
Cavalry Guidons, Hamburg 1709 (fotw)
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