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# Unidentified Flags or Ensigns - Page 1 (2025)

## flags submitted in 2025 - Page 1

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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.

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### Unidentified Flags on this Page: 25-1: Red ensign UFE 25-2: Unknown flag in a news photograph 25-3: Unknown flag spotted in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire 25-4: Unknown flag spotted in Australia 25-5: probably German rowing club 25-6: Unknown German WW2 Car Pennant ### 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 2019 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 2026 Index of Unidentified Flags or Ensigns

## 25-1: Possible naval/aviation badge

Image located by Nick Lamont, 26 March 2024

A UFE query here from Clay Moss. I think this is likely a home-made flag - the crown looks like it might be glued on, and the union jack is definitely not official - the diagonals are too symmetrical.
Rob Raeside, 13 January 2025

A flag collector has sent me this picture, asking me if I can identify the flag, or ensign. Can anyone on FOTW recognize it?
Clay Moss, 13 January 2025

It seems this flag was sold at an auction in 2008; I was able to use Google Images to discover this information. Here is what the auction page says about the flag: "Union Flag. A linen Union flag, 18th century, the segments hand-stitched, circa 136 cms x 222 cms, Union Jack in top left corner with three red panels in other corners separated by a white cross, with shaped white coronet in centre (faint traces of faded markings), leading edge reinforced for mounting, no regimental or unit markings visible, probably a militia or yeomanry flag (see Hayes-McCoy, Irish Flags, colour plate V & pp. 103, 107). Minor damages. Provenance: Purchased at a sale of items from the archive of a defunct Dublin solicitor, including residues of 18th century estates." The information came from the auction site.
Zachary Harden, 02 September 2025

## 25-2: Unknown flag in a news photograph

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[Does anyone] know the context of the image - what was happening in the photograph? Is it a screen capture from a video or a newspaper article?
Rob Raeside, 22 February 2025

## 25-3: Unknown flag spotted in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Image from Judge Muscat, 25 February 2025

This flag was submitted to JJ McCullough's YouTube page by Florian Seaman of Littleton, New Hampshire. It was flying outside a condo building in Bretton Woods, NH.
Judge Muscat, 25 February 2025

It was also re-posted to Reddit and they are also stumped on this as well. Note, the designer's name listed [on Reddit] is a red-herring.
Zachary Harden, 26 February 2025

The construction with a triangle (mountain) and muslim devices seems typical from Balawaristan.
Jaume Olle , 26 February 2025

I was going to say some sort of local flag from Azerbaijan, given the sun, moon, and stripes design.
Paul Bassinson, 28 February 2025

The star and crescent do certainly suggest an Islamic country, but I haven't found a match for it yet.
Judge Muscat, 28 February 2025

Could it just be that it is simply a decorative flag? Maybe it just symbolizes the area around Bretton Woods.
Daniel Rentería, 28 February 2025

True! In which case we may never know.
Judge Muscat, 28 February 2025

## 25-4: Unknown flag spotted in Australia

Image from Lindsay Macdonald, 23 June 2025

I recently bought a postcard (see attached image), which shows the prize giving ceremony at what appears to be a boys’ school or college, c.1905. But what is the flag on the left? It looks like a country or dependency in the British Empire, but I can’t identify it. There are hints of the Australian Federation flag and the Australian Civil Air Ensign, but I cannot match it exactly. Is the central crown significant?
Lindsay Macdonald, 23 June 2025

I offer some speculation only. My first method to find an unknown flag back in my UFE Editor days was to throw a speculative image together and use it as a search tool. I also carefully examine any illustration such on the postcard closely to determine if it shows evidence of PhotoShoping. For example, I examined both flags for signs of tampering or replacement and found a few under magnification, especially the 5-pointed stars on the left-hand flag as they seemed a bit brighter than the rest of the composition. Also, some interesting pixelation at the bottom and top of the flags. Not 100% sure, but suspicious. My image search, also not conclusive but interesting, came up with an interesting match of a flag in the alternate history universe. Robert Sobel's alternate history book For Want of a Nail " is based on a British victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 and the collapse of the American bid for independence." On a webpage titled "For Want of a Nail" I found the fictitious national flag interesting. Add a Union Jack in the canton and a crown centered on the English cross and what do we have.
Peter Loeser, 24 June 2025

I wonder if it is a version of the royal ensign flag that is flown when the king or queen is actually on board?
Judge Muscat, 24 June 2025

My speculation is that it was a proposed flag of Australia from around the time of the Federation in 1901. This flag bore some resemblance to the Federation Flag popular in Australia at the time. The six stars on this flag probably represented the six states of Australia - compare this with a six-star version of the Federation Flag. Also worth noting were the positions of the two flags - it was common practice to fly/display the flag of Australia on the dexter side, and the Union Jack on the sinister side, to denote Australia as a nation, albeit within the British Empire.
Miles Li, 24 June 2025

## 25-5: probably German rowing club

Image submitted by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 03 September 2025

## 25-6: Unknown German WW2 Car Pennant

Image submitted by Austin, 04 December 2025

I went to your Flags of the world website, under German Air Force 1933-1945 (here) looking for a match for a car pennant flag I have had for many years, and I cannot find a match there, or anywhere online. The closest match has the eagle flying and holding the cross for "Other Members of the Air Force," but the one I have, which is similarly on a deep blue canvas, has a silver and black embroidered 1.5" cross, but has only one wing flying, not the whole bird. It's 10" from one corner to the other with metal clips. I know a little bit of the history of it, so I know it's authentic, but is it so rare that it's not a known item?
Austin, 04 December 2025

It is most similar to the "Car Pennant for Other Members of the Air Force", but instead of a flying eagle, has only a wing with the swastika superimposed. It is beautifully embroidered on both sides with the wing and swastika showing relief using different colours of thread. Any suggestions?
Rob Raeside, 05 December 2025

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