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Flag of Glendale, US (fotw);
Flag of Sölvesborg, Sweden (fotw);
Former flag of the Smithsonian, 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 Brodnica, Poland (fotw);
Flag of North Bothnia, Sweden (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.
Standard of HM Queen Alexandra 1844 – 1925, UK (fotw);
Royal Standard of England c1399 – 1603) (fotw);
Standard HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1900-2002, UK (fotw)
Jack of the Federated Malay States, 1939 (fotw);
Flag of an Air Force Command c1941, Germany (fotw);
House Flag of Schwoon & Co. c1905, 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 Presidential Flag of Košice, Slovakia (fotw);
Grand Ducal Standard of Mecklenburg, Germany
c1897–1918 (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’).
Flag of Carrión de los Condes, Spain (fotw);
Flag of Santorcaz, Spain (fotw);
Flag of Praha 1, Czechia (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 Enebakk, Norway (fotw);
Flag of Brinkum, Germany (fotw);
Flag of Sortes, Portugal (fotw)
Queen’s Colours of the RAF, UK,
the RCN, Canada (fotw) and
the RAAF, Australia
Arms and Flag of Vítonice, Czechia
(fotw)
Arms and Flag of
Čeminac, Croatia (fotw)
Flag of Halesowen, England (fotw)
Royal Banner 1248, National Arms
and Royal Banner 1485, Portugal (fotw)
Notes:
Flag of Oriola, Portugal (fotw);
Flag of Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben, Germany (fotw);
Flag of Caniço, Portugal (fotw)
a) 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’).
b) It may also be (correctly) employed to describe an arrangement with
four of those objects placed north, south. east and west as illustrated above.
Flag of Brno-Komín, Czechia (fotw)
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