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2. Heraldic flag - Wikipedia

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   Banners of Knights of the Thistle displayed in St. Giles' Cathedral. In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification. Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing ...

3. Royal standards of England - Wikipedia

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   The royal standards of England were narrow, tapering swallow-tailed heraldic flags, of considerable length, used mainly for mustering troops in battle, in pageants and at funerals, by the monarchs of England. In high favour during the Tudor period, the Royal English Standard was a flag that was of a separate design and purpose to the Royal Banner.

4. List of English flags - Wikipedia

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   Flag of the Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey: A blue flag defaced in the centre with a gold dragon's head pierced by a cross, and a gold crowned portcullis in the canton. 2014: Flag of Exeter Cathedral: The coat of arms of Exeter Cathedral on a field of blue. Flag of Southwark Cathedral: A banner of the Cathedral's coat of arms.

5. Pennon - Wikipedia

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   Triangular pennant Tapering pennant Triangular swallowtail pennant. A pennon, also known as a pennant or pendant, is a long narrow flag which is larger at the hoist than at the fly, i.e., the flag narrows as it moves away from the flagpole. It can have several shapes, such as triangular, tapering (square tail) or triangular swallowtail (forked ...

6. List of flags of Sweden - Wikipedia

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   The King of Sweden above the royal flag on naval ships: Split pennant with the greater national coat of arms 1905–present: Used by other members of the Royal House: Royal flag with the lesser national coat of arms (surrounded by the insignias of the Order of the Seraphim) 1905–present: Used by the heir apparent above the royal flag on naval ...

7. History of flags - Wikipedia

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   The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.