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Flag of Yukon Territory, Canada (Design Details Established by Model Flag) (fotw);
National Flag of Nigeria (Shade of Green defined by Model Flag)
France Modern and France Ancient (fotw);
Austria Modern and Lower Austria Ancient (fotw)
Flag of Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, Belgium (fotw)
Flag of Aogashima Island, Japan (fotw); Flag of
Fukui, Japan (fotw); Flag of
Fukuoka, Japan (fotw); Standard of the
Imperial Family at Sea 1875 - 1889, Japan (fotw).
Please note with regard to 1) that the symbol on Japanese sub-national flags is often a stylized version of the appropriate ideogram, and should be considered therefore, the equivalent of a monogram or cipher rather than of a crest, badge or shield.
Flag of Ichikai, Japan (fotw)
Standard of The Empress of Japan (fotw)
Flag of Crikvenica, Croatia shown in Monochrome (fotw & CS);
Union Flag in Monochrome (flikr); National Flag of
Trengganu, Malaysia (fotw)
National Flag of Fujairah (now part of the UAE) (fotw); Flag of
Kedah, Malaysia (fotw)
Royal Standard of Belgium 1993 - 2013 (fotw); Presidential Flag of
France 1969–74 (fotw); Princely Standard of
Monaco (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Čepin, Croatia (fotw); ; Flag of
Busswil bei Bόren, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Schinznach Dorf, Switzerland (fotw)
Notes
a) With regard to 2), when a crescent moon is shown with its
horns towards the dexter it is termed increscent or increment, towards the sinister decrescent or
decrement, and towards the base inverted or reversed, when however, it is shown full (usually with a face) the term used is per complement.
b) A crescent with a face is occasionally seen in European heraldry.
Flag of Boswil, Switzerland (fotw)
Naval Ensign, UK (fotw); Naval Ensign
South Africa 1952 1981 (fotw)
Notes
a) 1) is contained in the current (2005) Edition of the International Code
of Signals, and 2) had reasonably widespread use in the field prior to radio, both
between artillery batteries and forward observers, and for communication between naval and
army units ashore.
b) The 1937 (British) Admiralty Manual of Seamanship
gave the Morse code flags as plain blue, or white with a blue horizontal stripe (against
light or dark backgrounds respectively), but that other variants are known to have
existed.
Flag of Aristau, Switzerland
Evil be To Him Who Evil Thinks, The Motto of the Order of the Garter in Old French, UK
Flag of Wislikofen, Switzerland; Flag of
Merenschwand, Switzerland; Flag and Arms of
Brdovec, Croatia (fotw)
Flag of Kirchberg, Switzerland (fotw)
From left: Croatia (CS); Denmark (CS); Demark until 1743 (fotw); Vietnam
(fotw)
National Flag of Spain Draped with a Mourning Ribbon (Antonio Gutiιrrez & Eugene Ipavec)
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