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Example; Two Merchant Flags, Portugal 16th/17th Century (fotw)
Please note that in heraldry a division line within a shield or banner of arms is not scalloped, but is either engrailed or invected – see ‘engrailed’ and 'invected'.
National Flag of
Denmark (fotw);
National Arms of Iceland (fotw);
National Flag of Norway (fotw)
Please note that this term should only be used for those flags which are from, or have a connection with the Scandinavian region (such as that of the Shetland Islands), otherwise see ‘off-centred cross 2)’
Flag of Saar 1947-1956, Germany (fotw)
Flag and Arms of Opatovice, Czechia (fotw & Wikipedia);
Flag of Světlá , Czechia (fotw)
Flag of
Engelberg, Switzerland (fotw); Arms and Flag of Montenegro
(fotw)
Flag of Zurich c1400, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Tetouan, Morocco 1968 - 1976 (fotw);
Flag of Beni Mellal, Morocco 1968 – 1976 (fotw)
Notes
a) With regard to 2), the Editors suggest that the term “tongue”(as referenced above) should be used where this projection forms an integral part of the flag as referenced above and illustrated below.
b) Definition 3) is based upon the original German this term refers only to the tail.
Flag of Wloclawek City, Poland (fotw)
Flag of
Virovitica, Croatia (fotw);
Arms of Charneca, Portugal (fotw);
Flag of Bengal, India c1865 (fotw);
Flag and Arms of Hude, Germany (fotw);
Flag of Bairros, Portugal (fotw)
National flag of Scotland (fotw)
The National Emblem of
Brunei (fotw); The Flag and Arms of The State of
New Jersey, US (fotw)
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