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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 tail), etc. In maritime use, pennants are to be hung from the main ...
Heraldic flag. 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 heraldic flags vary from country to country, and have ...
A pennon was small, pointed or swallow-tailed at the fly, charged with the badge or other armorial device of the knight who bore it. A banner was square or oblong (depth greater than breadth), charged with the arms of the owner with no other device, borne by knight bannerets , ranking higher than other knights, and also by barons, princes and ...
Pennon (or pennant), a narrow, tapering flag. Commissioning pennant, the traditional sign of a warship, flown from its masthead while the ship is in commission. Broad pennant, flown from the masthead of a British Royal Navy ship to indicate the presence of a commodore on board. Pennant (church), flown by navies during services on board ships.
Knight banneret. Sir Rhys ap Thomas (1449–1525), knight banneret and Knight of the Garter. A knight banneret, sometimes known simply as banneret, was a medieval knight who led a company of troops during time of war under his own banner (which was square-shaped, in contrast to the tapering standard or the pennon flown by the lower-ranking ...
Pennon or pennant . Main article: Pennon. A flag that is wider at the hoist than at the fly. Pipe banner. Main article: Pipe banner. A decorative flag for Scottish Highland bagpipes. Prayer flag. Main article: Prayer flag. A kind of flag that is flown along mountain ridges and peaks in the Himalayas in order to bless the surrounding land.
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The national flag of Nepal [a] is the world's only non-rectangular flag which is used as both the state and civil flag of a sovereign country. [2] The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennants, known as a double-pennon. Its crimson red is the symbol of bravery and it also represents the color ...
4–21 May 1471, John Helmingham. [9][8] 4–21 May 1471, William Stanley. [9][8] 4–21 May 1471, Thomas Dering. [9] 4–21 May 1471, William Stamford. [9] 4–21 May 1471, John Aberdenny. [9] Knights banneret created in Scotland by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, probably on the conclusion of Treaty of Fotheringhay (11 June 1482) between the ...