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19th century guidon used by the 7th Cavalry Regiment. In the United States Armed Forces, a guidon is a military standard or flag that company/battery/troop or platoon-sized detachments carry to signify their unit designation and branch/corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it.
a Masthead pennant (worn at the masthead, except when displaced by an admiral's flag or commodore's broad pennant). In addition, each principal command in the Royal Navy also has its own king's colour which is a variation of the White Ensign, with its dimensions altered to mirror those of the colours of infantry regiments.
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 ...
The Glock Feldspaten (field spade) features a hardened metal spade blade that can be locked in 3 positions for digging, shoveling, and chopping, and a telescopic handle made out of fiberglass-reinforced nylon containing a 175 mm (6.9 in) long hardened metal sawblade. The entrenching tool weighs 650 g (23 oz) and fully extended is 630 mm (25 in ...
The Pennant, a newspaper in Penola, South Australia; Vympel, Russian for "Pennant", a Spetznas unit specialised in infiltration and assassination; Pennant Measures, a stratigraphic division of the South Wales Coal Measures and including the Pennant Sandstone; Pennant station, a light rail station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Spades is newer than most other popular card games, although its main features-partnerships, bidding, and trumps-derive from older games such as Bid whist, Bridge, Pinochle, and Euchre.
The commissioning pennant (or masthead pennant) is a pennant (also spelled "pendant") flown from the masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning pennant dates back to the days of chivalry with their trail pendants being flown from the mastheads of ships they [who?] commanded. Today, the commissioning pennants are hoisted on the ...
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!