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# Unidentified Flags or Ensigns - Page 3 (2019)

## flags submitted in 2019 - Page 3 of 3

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Below is a series of images of flags that have been provided to FOTW; some we have recognized, and some we have been unable to recognize. If you can help us identify any of these flags, please let us know! Contact the: UFE Editor.

Identification Key: = Positive ID (Positive Identification)
= Tentative ID (Tentative Identification)
= Some Speculation

### Unidentified Flags on Page 1: Unidentified A3 Swallow-Tail Victorian Era Maritime Signal Flags I.D. Brexit/Remain flag? Possible Catalan Anarchist flag Possible Mardi Gras Flag Possible ADAC Yacht Club pennant Two Unknown Sailing Clubs (DE?) Another Unknown Sailing Club (UFE/DE) Unidentified Whaling flag Unidentified Portuguese Army Unit Mystery Design in Dorset Warehouse? Unidentified CSL Flag Oxford Boat Club Flag? South Sudan UFE Unknown Turkmenistan State Flag Unknown Summer Olympics Flag (Stockholm 1912) Danish UFE in Hillerød German UFE near Tinkerup Beach Unknown Stained Panzer Streamer ### Unidentified Flags on Page 2: Albanian Flag from Hoxha's Bunker? UFE in Rabat, Malta Help in Identifying a Saltire Flag Unidentified flag found at Auction UFE Yachting Pennant Possible Early California Flag Symbol Unidentified Flag from The Netherlands UFE in Oxford Unknown Flag on US Sailing Ship Unidentified flag found in San Francisco Unidentified Danish Shipping Company Flag UFE at Lighthouse Antiques Unknown Shipping House Flag |  | ### Unidentified Flags on this Page: Mystery Sudanese Design Three Unidentified Iraq Shia/Shiite-Muslim flags UFE #1 from Wales 2014 UFE #2 from Wales 2014 UFE #3 from Wales 2014 English UFE from Wales 2014 Unknown Iraqi Militia Flag Old Syrian flag in Turkey Flag, Iran, Basij Militia, Unknown Use Another UFE in Church Iraq Militia Unit Green Flag Unidentified Portuguese Map Flags Flag in Trumbull's "Capture of the Hessians at Trenton" ### Unidentified Flags on other pages: Unidentified flags submitted in 2003 or earlier Unidentified flags submitted in 2004 Unidentified flags submitted in 2005 Unidentified flags submitted in 2006 Unidentified flags submitted in 2007 Unidentified flags submitted in 2008 Unidentified flags submitted in 2009 Unidentified flags submitted in 2010 Unidentified flags submitted in 2011 Unidentified flags submitted in 2012 Unidentified flags submitted in 2013 Unidentified flags submitted in 2014 Unidentified flags submitted in 2015 Unidentified flags submitted in 2016 Unidentified flags submitted in 2017 Unidentified flags submitted in 2018 Unidentified flags submitted in 2020 Unidentified flags submitted in 2021 Unidentified flags submitted in 2022 Unidentified flags submitted in 2023 Unidentified flags submitted in 2024 Unidentified flags submitted in 2025 Unidentified flags submitted in 2026 Index of Unidentified Flags or Ensigns

## 19-42. Mystery Sudanese Design Positive ID

Image from Jason Saber, 24 August 2019

This book cover was posted on the Facebook page. (full cover image). According to the back cover, the image depicts South Sudanese troops but there is no information on the distinctive flag on show. The book was published in 2000. Thought you'd like to see it,
Jason Saber, 24 August 2019

We don't show this flag in either our South Sudan or Sudan pages - does anyone recognize it?
Rob Raeside, 24 August 2019

This flag is from the military wing of the Badr Organization.
Jaume Ollé, 31 August 2019

The entry from the front cover of the book Encyclopedia of Modern Separatist Movements by Christopher Hewitt and Tom Cheetham, published in the year 2000. The flag in question, as quoted by the book is as follows: "Photo Credit: Soldiers from the Sudan People's Liberation Army (AP Photo/John Cobb)" (original photo) (restricted access source) The flag is a blue background with one big yellow five-pointed star, with multiple yellow sun beams and spread all over the background are also multiple five-pointed yellow star. On the canton it displays three capital yellow letters unidentifiable. (source)
It is important to notice that even though the flag in the book is identified as that of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, in our section, its flag is very different. That movement is also known to change its symbols often, so it shouldn't be a surprise that this was its first or one of its earliest flags. There's also the possibility that its a flag of one of its many factions.
Esteban Rivera, 31 August 2019

## 19-46. Three Unidentified Iraq Shia/Shiite-Muslim flags

Image from William Garrison, 29 September 2019

Three unidentified flags here. Flags, Iraq, yellow Hizballah flag, and 3 unidentified Shia/Shiite-Muslim "Imam Hussein/Hosein" religious flags. (source c. Aug. 19, 2019)
William Garrison, 29 September 2019

## 19-47. UFE #1 from Wales 2014 Positive ID

Image from Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

This banner of arms is fixed by a red tube on the pole.
Banner #1 Description: (portcullis, ship, trees and wolf) quarterly divided, 1st and 4th quarter Vert a chained portcullis Or, 2nd and 3rd quarter Azure, an ancient ship Or rigged Argent and flagged Gules, over all a fess Or, charged with three connected trees proper (i.e. Vert stemmed Maron, a demi-wolf Argent passant coming out of the trees at dexter,the banner is surrounded on three sides by a black and white bordure.
I spotted banner #1 on 7 September 2014 in the Cathedral of Cardiff.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

This one is the banner of Jame Callaghan [James Callaghan (1912-2005)], former Prime Minister, later Baron Callaghan of Cardiff. It's probably relevant that both Sir Jame Callaghan and Sir Cennydd Traherne were Knights of the Garter.
Jonathan Dixon, 17 October 2019

## 19-48. UFE #2 from Wales 2014 Positive ID

Image from Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

This banner of arms is also fixed by a red tube on the pole.
Banner #2 Description: (chevron and ravens) Argent a chevron Sable, flanked by three ravens trippant of the same, the raven in canton is superimposed by a rectangle barry of six of Argent and Blue, charged with a lion rampant Gules, the banner is surrounded on three sides by a black and white bordure.
I also spotted Banner #2 on 7 September 2014 in the Cathedral of Cardiff.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

Banner #2 is that of Sir Cennydd Traherne [Cennydd George Traherne (1910-1995)], a Welsh nobleman who was once Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan.
Dirk Schönberger, 1 October 2019

## 19-49. UFE #3 from Wales 2014 Some Speculation

Image from Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

Banner #3 is a blue pennant with white disc at hoist, charged with a red, embattled voided tower, probably belonging to a British yacht club. I spotted this pennant on 9 September 2014 in an antiques shop in Pembroke (Wales).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

Image from Pete Loeser, 24 October 2019

I made this quick drawing to attempt an image search -it failed - but perhaps the image will help somebody else ID it. Sadly, I could not find anything else about it.
Pete Loeser, 24 October 2019

## 19-50. English UFE from Wales 2014

Image from Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

The flag was hoisted on top of the Chichester District Building on 5 September 2014, thus it is actually English and not Welsh. The flag is a Europe flag with a celestial blue disc between the stars, charged with a white building. The building does not match the logo of the District Council, and due to strong winds I couldn't fix the whole building. It might be an image of the clock tower on the local market cross, which has however just three visible arches, and the building on flag has five of them.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 1 October 2019

## 19-52. Unknown Iraqi Militia Flag

Image from William Garrison, 1 October 2019

A unknown militia flag, mixed within Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), c. April 2018 (Hizbollah-similar flag. (source)
William Garrison, 1 October 2019

## 19-53. Old Syrian flag in Turkey Positive ID

Image from Albert S. Kirsch, 13 October 2019

The pre-Baath Syrian flag being flown by a Kurdish or Arabic refugee in Turkey. The script reads something like hriya?.
Albert S. Kirsch, 13 October 2019

The inscription on top in Arabic reads: حرية (freedom) It is simply a makeshift flag and by no means is official in use. That being said, it is what one might call a "supporter" flag in the sense of supporting the opposition against the current regime during the ongoing Civil War.
In turn, it is the Syrian Republic.
The Syrian Republic (First Syrian Republic) was formed in 1930 as a component of the French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon, formally established by the Syrian State Constitution (in French: Constitution de l'Etat du Syrie), proclaimed on May 14, 1930. The flag was enacted as follows: "Article 4 - The Syrian flag is arranged as follows: Its length is twice its height. It includes three stripes of the same dimensions. The upper stripe is green, the middle white, the lower black. The white part includes three red stars aligned with five points each" (in French: Art. 4 – Le drapeau syrien est disposé de la façon suivante: Sa longueur est le double de sa hauteur. Il comprend trois bandes de mêmes dimensions. La bande supérieure est verte, la médiane blanche, l’inférieure noire. La partie blanche comprend trois étoiles rouges alignées à cinq branches chacune.) (source).
The Frencha Mandate of Syria and Lebanon 1923-1946 (in French: Mandat pour la Syrie et le Liban 1923-1946; in Arabic: الانتداب الفرنسي على سوريا ولبنان‎ 1923-1946) was a League of Nations mandate (dated April 25, 1920) founded after the First World War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire concerning Syria and Lebanon. The term mandate is typically used to refer to a long-term international mission which has been authorized by the United Nations typically involve peacekeeping operations. The Mandate system was supposed to differ from colonialism, with the governing country acting as a trustee until the inhabitants would be able to stand on their own. At that point, the mandate would terminate and an independent state would be born. (source #1) and (source #2) [these sources can be added to the already mentioned ones (here).
"A treaty of independence was made in 1936 to grant independence to Syria and end official French rule, but the French parliament refused to accept the agreement. From 1940 to 1941, the Syrian Republic was under the control of Vichy France, and after the Allied invasion in 1941 gradually went on the path towards independence. The proclamation of independence took place in 1944, but only in October 1945 the Syrian Republic was de jure recognized by the United Nations; it became a de facto sovereign state on April 17, 1946, with the withdrawal of French troops. It was succeeded by the Syrian Republic (informally known as Second Syrian Republic) upon the adoption of a new constitution on September 5, 1950" (source)
Esteban Rivera, 7 May 2020

## 19-54. Basij Militia Flag, Iran, Unknown Use

Image from William Garrison, 5 October 2019

This is an unknown Basij militia flag seen in Iran c. 2015 (source)
The caption reads; "Iran's volunteer forces, Basij, are holding the second day of major military drills on November 20, 2015 on the outskirts of the central city of Qom."
William Garrison, 5 October 2019

## 19-57. Another UFE in Church (GB) Tentative ID

Image from Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 October 2019

I spotted this one on 13 September 2019 in the Church St. Mary The Virgin in Hayes, which is part of Bromley (Kent). Can anybody identify this banner of arms? Description: Parted per fess, at dexter Sable a fess chequered of Azure and Argent (3x6), flanked by a plate in chief and a crescent Argent between two plates in base; at sinister Vert, parted by a Greek cross Argent, charged with five gunstones (or ogresses).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 October 2019

I think it's intended to be the arms of the Pitt family. The Pitt arms are conventionally displayed with the roundels (which should be or, rather than argent) displayed 2, 1. The arms with the cross on vert are those of the Grenville family.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, was a politician, and Prime Minister 1766-68. His wife was Hester Grenville. Pitt was the younger son of Robert Pitt, hence the crescent for cadency.
One of the Earl's sons was William Pitt the younger, who was born in Hayes in 1759. This Pitt likewise became a leading politician and was Prime Minister during the Napoleonic Wars.
Ian Sumner, 19 October 2019

You might be right with the torteaux, the balls may in fact be very very dark red. The pole however is on the "Pitt half", and it was a flag hanging down from the pole.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 November 2019

## 19-58. Iraq Militia Unit Green Flag

Image from William Garrison, 15 November 2019

A green flag of an unknown Iraqi militia (image appears to be the Golden Dome of Shiite Imam Hussain) - c. March 2019. (source)
William Garrison, 15 November 2019

## 19-61. Unidentified Portuguese Map Flags Some Speculation

#61 #61b
#61c #61d Images from Ângela Gil, 12 November 2019

My name is Ângela Gil and I'm a special collection librarian currently working at the Library of Macau University of Science and Technology.
Our Library has a long-term ongoing project, Global Mapping of Macao (GMOM), that since 2013 aims to develop a special collection not only on maps but also plans, charts, landscapes, drawings, etc. - by purchase or facsimile- with special focus on Macao. The digital reproductions would be included in our GMOM project here.
As I am now dedicating all my working time to the study and research on maps your website has been of great help, thank you. Actually I saw the flags from a Port Olan chart by Fernão Vaz Dourado you have "identified" which were of great use to us. However I'm contacting on the hope to get some help identifying some of the flags on a nautical chart by another Portuguese cartographer, Sebastião Lopes.
I send you the flags in question on attach but you can see the map in which they are present on our Library catalog website here
The attach of the Elmina Castle (#61a) - which is a Portuguese fortress in Africa and its representation is very common in Portuguese maps and charts - has a Portuguese flag I could easily identify but I can't identify the other two, although I'm mostly interested in the middle one.
There are two attaches of the Islamic-Arabic flags (#61b and #61c) that are scattered throughout the map, but I can find this exact ones anywhere else or to what they mean and to whom this territories actually belonged.
The unidentified flags attach are of flags placed in North Brazil - and if you see the link I send above - are also present in south North America. I know they are of Portuguese and Spanish colors but for other areas on the map owned by those two countries the author used the already known flags. I have also seen this flags on other Portuguese maps of this period but I can never identify them or their meaning. I found strange that as they appear so much no one has studied them before. Are they from a Portuguese commercial trade company? Do they have a special meaning for those territories? Are they shared territory?
Ângela Gil, 12 November 2019

I think those with the crescent moon are likely fictitious, using generic Middle East symbolism.
Rob Raeside, 11 November 2019

I don't have a perfect match for your quartered flag at Elmina Castle, but that banner might be a modification of the personal arms of Vasco da Gama. See more details on our page here. It displays the flag of Sines in Setubal District with the following text: "The base of this shield of arms was taken from the family arms of Vasco da Gama, Sines' most renowned son. They were checkered of three pales and five fesses, Or and Gules two fesses argent (see putative banner of these arms). Vasco da Gama himself received as an honourable augmentation an inescutcheon of Portugal ancien (as depicted, f.i., here and here)" - posted by António Martins, 11 January 2008.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 November 2019

## 19-63. Flag in Trumbull's "Capture of the Hessians at Trenton" Positive ID

Image from Mahmood Khan, 18 December 2019

I have a flag identification question. In Trumbull's "Capture of the Hessians at Trenton" it appears Washington's troops are flying a blue banner with a red canton. Is this a unit flag or a variant USA flag?
Mahmood Khan, 18 December 2019

I've always interpreted these as generic stylized American unit colors, as opposed to specific unit colors.
Jim Ferrigan, 19 December 2019

Image from Dave Martucci, 20 December 2019

Trumbull painted several versions of this scene. The flags vary from copy to copy. I don't think they were intended to be accurate examples of any specific flag. For example, this version was painted in 1831 and is located at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.
Dave Martucci, 20 December 2019

I concur with Dave and Jim. Trumbull painted the earliest version in London in the 1790s, long after the event, and the flags are basically dramatic embellishments. The same is true of his other historical paintings.
Peter Ansoff, 21 December 2019

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