- AFFRONTANT (or AFFRONTÉ)
- Alternative heraldic terms sometimes (and correctly) used in place of combatant, confronting or respectant
– but see the note below, also affronty,
combatant, confronting and
respectant.
![[affrontant example]](../images/v/vx-pt-achsm.gif)
![[affrontant example]](../images/v/vx-pt-mtrou.gif)
![[affrontant example]](../images/v/vx-pt-bnvse.gif)
Flag of Samouco;
Flag of Outeiro;
Flag of Santo Estêvão, Portugal
Please note that the French term "affronté" shown as an alternative in the heading above
is often mistranslated as "affronty", however, in this form it has a different meaning in English
heraldry.
- AFFRONTY
- 1) The heraldic term used when the head of a beast or a man is shown facing the observer – but
see caboshed and 2) below (also respectant
and guardant).
- 2) The heraldic term also used when a charge, such as a helmet, house or ship, is shown with
its front towards the observer.
- 3) A term often (and wrongly) used in place of the correct heraldic description affrontant –
see affrontant.
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Flag of Hemsedal, Norway;
Arms of Cidade da Maia, Portugal;
Flag of Oberönz, Switzerland
- AFLAME
- A term sometimes (incorrectly) used in place of the heraldic term inflamed or its alternatives –
see inflamed.
![[aflame example]](../images/v/vx-pt-lnhvm).gif)
![[aflame example]](../images/v/vx-pt-lnhvm.gif)
Arms and Flag of Vimeiro, Portugal
- AFRO-AMERICAN FLAG (or COLORS/COLOURS)
- See Garvey colours.
Marcus Garvey’s Flag 1917; an
Afro-American Flag
- AFTER SPAN
- The line nearest the stern upon which signal flags are displayed when a vessel is dressed overall –
see dressing lines,
dress ship, to 1) and
dress ship, to 4).
- AGNUS DEI
- A Latin term meaning the Lamb of God – this is sometimes shown with a halo or nimbus around its
head, but always holding a crossed staff or crosier (and often decorated with a flag or banner) –
the Holy Lamb, Holy Lamb of God, Lamb of God or Paschal Lamb
(see also nimbus).
Flag of Bennwil, Switzerland;
Flag of Vilar do Paraíso, Portugal;
Flag of Gotland, Sweden
- AIGUILLETTE
- Loops of ornamental braided cord with tassels, and worn from the right or left shoulder
of (usually but not invariably) military uniforms to signify a special status or service –
see flag adjutant
(also cord(s)
dress knot) and
lanyard 1))
Officers of the Household Cavalry, UK (Wikipedia)
- AIR (or AIRCRAFT) RECOGNITION DEVICE(S)
- See fin flash and roundel 1)
(also aircraft marking(s)).
Roundel and fin flash, Greece;
Roundel, Guatemala 1939–47
- AIR FORCE/AIRFORCE FLAG (or AIR FORCE/AIRFORCE ENSIGN/COLOUR)
- See branch of service flag
(also armed services flag,
class flag and
ensign 2)).
Air Force Flag, Taiwan;
Flag of the Air Force, Israel;
Air Force Ensign, Myanmar
- AIR MAIL (or AIRMAIL) FLAG or PENNANT
- A flag or pennant, now obsolete, originally designed to fly (sometimes alongside a civil air ensign)
from an aircraft carrying mail (see also postal flag and
civil air ensign)
US Air Mail Flag;
Royal Air Mail Pennant, UK
- AIRCRAFT INSIGNIA
- 1) Specifically in US military usage, the term that refers to markings of
identification on the tail plane/fin of primarily (but not exclusively)
military aircraft – but see note below (also
roundel 1)).
2) Generically see aircraft marking(s).
Aircraft Insignia/Markings 1919–1942, USAF; Aircraft Insignia/Markings,
Croatia
Please note with regard to 1), that US military aircraft have not carried a fin
flash – an emblem of national identity – on their tail planes since 1942 –
see fin flash.
- AIRCRAFT MARKING(S)
- In UK and some other usage, a collective term for the markings of nationality and
identification on the wings, fuselage and tail plane/fin of primarily (but not exclusively)
military aircraft – but see fin flash
and roundel 1) (also
aircraft insignia above,
fuselage markings 1),
victory markings and
wing marking(s) 1)).
Roundel and Fin Flash, France c1917 (fotw & CS);
Roundel and Fin Flash, Dominican Republic
- AIRFIELD (or AIRPORT) SAFETY (or AIRFIELD/AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION) FLAG
- In largely US usage the square, orange and white-checkered safety flag mandated by the
US Federal Aviation Administration for the marking of construction vehicles and jobsite
obstructions/hazards at airports (see also checky).
Airfield Safety Flag
- AIRLINE FLAG (or PENNANT)
- See corporate flag.
Flag of The Royal Jordanian Airlines;
Flagship Pennant, American Airlines 1936–c1955.
- AJOURÉ
- A heraldic term used when the windows and/or gateway of a fortified building are in the same
tincture as the field – see
tinctures and
field 2)
(also litten).
Flag of
Palau-Sator, Spain;
Flag of Sool, Switzerland;
Flag of Almeida, Portugal
Please note that this term has a wider use than is detailed above, and the Editors recommend that a
heraldic dictionary be consulted if further details are required.
