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Former flag of the Smithsonian, US (fotw); Flag of
Glendale, US (fotw)
Signal Flag Quebec (fotw)
Please note, it has been suggested that this flag (but flown to indicate the presence on board of infections/disease) has its origins in the late medieval period, however, in British usage it was established with its present meaning (by Act of Parliament) in 1825.
Arms of
Bochnia, Poland (fotw), Arms of Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia (fotw);
Arms of Brodnica, Poland (fotw); Arms of the 16th Earl of Derby, UK (Wikipedia)
Please note with regard to 2) that the main quarters of a shield are described in canton 3) as referenced above, and are (from the point of view of the observer) 1 the upper left, 2 the upper right, 3 the lower left and 4 the lower right
Please note that this is a comparatively modern term, since the “quarterdeck” was not the aftmost deck of many sailing warships, and therefore, not the deck upon which an ensign staff was mounted.
Royal Standard of England c1399 – 1603)
(fotw); Royal Standard of
HM Queen Alexandra 1844 – 1925, UK (fotw);
Standard of
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021, UK (fotw)
Jack of the Federated Malay States, 1939 (fotw); Flag of
Forquetinha, Brazil (fotw);
Flag of Ducherow, Germany (fotw)
National Flag of Samoa (fotw); National Flag of
Taiwan (fotw); Civil Ensign of
Guernsey (fotw)
Please note that this term has been introduced by the Editors as no established existing term could be found.
Royal Standard, New Zealand (fotw);
The Arms and Presidential Flag of Košice, Slovakia (fotw);
Grand Ducal Royal Standard Mecklenburg, Germany c1897–1918 (fotw);
Flag of Oostrozebecke, Belgium (fotw);
Arms of Saar, Germany (fotw)
Please note that whilst quarterings are generally (but not exclusively) restricted to four in flags, there is no actual limit to the number that may be employed (see also ‘canton’).
Arms of Nucourt, Germany (Wikipedia);
Flag of Maryland, US (fotw);
Arms of Ammerland County, Germany (fotw);
Flag of Carrión de los Condes, Spain (fotw)
Flag of Antongil, 1774 – 1786 (fotw)
Arms of Castile and Leon impaled (CS and fotw); Flag of Castile and Leon, Spain with
those Arms displayed quarterly (fotw)
Flag of Brinkum, Germany (fotw);
Flag and Arms of Enebakk, Norway (fotw);
Arms and Flag of Sortes, Portugal (fotw)
Queen’s Colours of the RAF,
UK, the
RAAF, Australia, and the
RCN, Canada (fotw)
Arms and Flag of Vítonice, Czechia
(fotw)
Arms and Flag of
Čeminac, Croatia (fotw)
Royal Banner of Portugal 1485 (fotw);
National Arms of Portugal (fotw)
Please note that this term is occasionally (and incorrectly) used to describe a 3-2-3-2-3 arrangement of
the stars as sometimes seen on the original pattern of the stars and stripes –
but see ‘Betsy Ross flag’
(also ‘continental colours’,
‘eagle standard’,
‘Franklin flag’,
‘great star flags’,
‘old glory’,
‘star-spangled banner’ and
‘stars and stripes’).
Flag of Oriola, Portugal (fotw); Arms of São Lourenço de Mamporcão, Portugal (fotw);
National Flag of the Solomon Islands (fotw);
Arms of Sequeira, Portugal (fotw)
Stars and Stripes 1777 - 1795 (fotw)
Arms and Flag
of Brno-Komín, Czechia (fotw)
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