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Please note that in English then British usage only vessels of the Royal Navy are permitted to wear a pennant.
The Common or Tricolour Pendant, England then UK 1661 – c1850 (fotw)
Notes
a) When used on the arms of a ruling
prince or sovereign a mantle becomes a pavilion (see
‘pavilion’)
b) Mantles may still be seen in
the parliamentary and state robes worn by British peers (which are graded according
to rank).
Please note that mantling originated as a protective covering for the helmet.
Girl’s Brigade Company Marching/Parade Flag, UK (Graham Bartram)
Please note that a Crown of the Holy Spirit (illustrated below) is often (sometimes officially) misidentified as a Marian Crown.
Arms of Sé, Portugal (fotw); Flag and Arms of Ourentã, Portugal (fotw); Flag and Arms of
Conceição, Portugal (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Manigoto, Portugal (fotw)
Catholic Marion Flag (CS); Flag of the Catholic Church in Poland (fotw); Flag of the
Catholic Church in Malta (fotw)
Lifeboat Society, Belgium (Željko Heimer);
Lifeboat Institution, Canada (fotw);
Water Rescue Society, Finland (fotw);
Society for Sea Rescue, Norway (fotw)
Norway-Sweden Union Mark and Naval Jack 1844 – 1905 (fotw);
Arms of Bobenheim am Berg Germany (Wikipedia);
Arms of Hiddensee Island, Germany (Wikipedia)
The cadency marks of the 1st to the 6th son in English heraldry (Parker)
Major’s then First, Second and Third Captain’s Colours,
Westminster Liberty Regiment, London. England c1641 (fotw)
Please note that this code first was appeared in 1817 and went through several changes before being supplanted by the Commercial Code of Signals (later the International Code of Signals) in 1857.
Flags 3, 5, 6 and 7 in Marryat’s Code of
Signals for the Merchant Service (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Wodzisław Śląski, Poland (fotw); Flag and Arms of
Vysočina, Czech Republic);
Royal Standard of Spain 1580 – 1700 (fotw)
Flag of Bray, Ireland (fotw); Flag and Arms of
Ens, The Netherland (fotw); Flag and Arms of
Hemiksem, Belgium (fotw &
Wikipedia)
Example: Banner of Arms of the Rohan-Chabot family, Josselin, France (fotw)
Flag of Castile and Leon, Spain (fotw); Arms and Flag of
Romont, Switzerland (Wikipedia
& fotw);
Arms and Flag of Vrgorac, Croatia (fotw);
Flag of Oberkirch, Switzerland (fotw)
Masthead Pennant of Spain (fotw)
Masthead Pennant of Belgium (fotw)
Masthead Pennant of France (fotw)
Masthead Pennant of Estonia (fotw)
Masthead Pennant of South Africa (fotw)
Notes
a) A distinction has been drawn between
the standard masthead pennant flown by commissioned warships as defined in 1)
above, and the various command pennants that are flown in addition and subordinate
to it (see also ‘command pennant’).
b) There are three exceptions to this – the broad command pennant,
broad pennant
and the burgee command pennant -
all of which replace the masthead pennant when flown.
Matricular Ensign/Registration Flag of La Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain c1870 (fotw);
Matricular Ensign/Registration Flag of San Juan de los Remedios de Cuba, Spain c1850 (fotw)
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