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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)
Flag of Aragon, Spain (fotw); Flag of
Comarca de l'Alt Empordà, Spain (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 and Arms of Poczesna, Poland (fotw);
Flag of Rutland, UK (fotw);
Arms of Vale de Salgueiro, Portugal (fotw);
Flag of Dribin, Belarus (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).
Housewinpel/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 Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1939 – 1982 (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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