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Reverted to version as of 22:42, 23 December 2010 We can do this all day if you like. The version you are continuesly reverting to generates a thin white line on the bottom of the blue cross when the image is made smaller. 00:48, 24 December 2010: 450 × 300 (774 bytes) AnonMoos
File:Flag of Greece.svg; Presidency of the Republic of Greece:" The only difference in the flag of the merchant marine was the reversal of colors in the corner where the cross was (a blue cross on a white background)". Author: File:Flag of Greece.svg: (of code) cs:User:-xfi- / *derivative work Philly boy92; SVG development
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A civil ensign (usage symbol ) is worn by merchant and pleasure vessels. The merchant maritime flag or civil ensign is, therefore, the specific flag for the Merchant navy of a country, unless the (private) owners are authorized to use another. The commercial flag was created to allow these private individuals to declare their nationality.
Since 2008, 3 September has also been officially commemorated as Merchant Navy Day [19] [20] [21] which allows the Australian red ensign to be flown on land for the occasion as a matter of protocol. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Merchant Navy Day is an official recognition of the merchant navy's contribution in wartime, in particular the Pacific campaign in ...
In British maritime law and custom, an ensign is the identifying flag flown to designate a British ship, either military or civilian. Such flags display the United Kingdom Union Flag in the canton (the upper corner next to the staff), with either a red, white or blue field, dependent on whether the vessel is civilian, naval, or in a special category.
In addition, ships in home waters had to hoist the Reichskriegsflagge on 1 March (commemorating the 1935 reintegration of the Territory of the Saar Basin into Germany), 29 August (the day of the founding of the Prussian Navy in 1859), the first Sunday after Michaelmas and the day of the harvest festival.
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