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Laureates of the Federation

(for outstanding, original contribution to the science of vexillology)

E.M.C. Barraclough, September 28, 1983 (posthumously)
Whitney Smith, July 5, 1991
Ottfried Neubecker, August 2, 1999 (posthumously)
William G. Crampton, August 2, 1999 (posthumously)
Scot M Guenter, July 29, 2003
Frederick G. Brownell, September 4, 2015
Željko Heimer, 11 August 2017
Tracey Mee, 19 July 2019
Patrice de la Condamine, 15 July 2022
Jovan Jonovski, 15 July 2022
Annie Platoff, 15 July 2022

Fellows of the Federation

(for significant contributions to vexillology and/or significant service to FIAV or a FIAV member)

Teodoro Amerlinck y Zirion, July 27, 2001
Barrie Kent, July 27, 2001
Bruce Nichols, July 27, 2001
Christian Fogd Pedersen, July 27, 2001
Lucien Philippe, July 27, 2001
Whitney Smith, July 27, 2001
Aldo Ziggioto, July 27, 2001
Alfred Znamierowski, July 27, 2001
Ralph G.C. Bartlett, July 29, 2003
Bruce B. Berry, July 29, 2003
Hugh Boudin, July 29, 2003
William G. Crampton, July 29, 2003 (posthumously)
Emil Dreyer, July 29, 2003
Louis Muhlemann, July 29, 2003 (posthumously)
Ottfried Neubecker, July 29, 2003 (posthumously)
Klaes Sierksma, July 29, 2003
Robin B. Ashburner August 5, 2005
Roberto Breschi August 5, 2005
Aníbal Gotelli August 5, 2005
Alberto Rubén Perazzo August 5, 2005
John M. Purcell August 5, 2005
Gustav Tracchia August 5, 2005
Frederick G. Brownell August 10, 2007
Kevin Harrington August 10, 2007
Sebastiá Herreros i Agüí August 10, 2007
Andreas Herzfeld August 10, 2007
Ralph D. Kelly August 10, 2007
Michael Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs August 10, 2007
Rob Raeside August 10, 2007
Gustav Söderlund August 10, 2007
Gerd Vehres August 10, 2007
Ales Brozek, July 17, 2009
John Hall, July 17, 2009

Nozomi Kariyasu, July 17, 2009
Ludvik Mucha, July 17, 2009
Jos Poels, July 17, 2009

Tomas Rodriguez Peñas, July 17, 2009
Jan Oskar Engene, July 17, 2009
Andries Burgers (posthumously), July 17, 2009
Harry Oswald (posthumously), July 17, 2009
Miru Takano (posthumously), July 17, 2009
Hugh Brady August 9, 2011
Michael Faul August 9, 2011
Scot Guenther August 9, 2011
Zach Harden August 9, 2011
Roman Klimes August 9, 2011
Jack Lowe August 9, 2011
Jan Henrik Munksgaard August 9, 2011
Joost Schokkenbroek, August 5, 2013
Marcel van Weterhoven, August 5, 2013
Andriy Grechylo, August 5, 2013
Annie Platoff, August 5, 2013
Alain Raullet, August 5, 2013
Ian Sumner, August 5, 2013
Anthony C. Burton, September 4, 2015
Hervé Calvarin September 4, 2015
Petr Exner September 4, 2015
Željko Heimer September 4, 2015
Edward B. Kaye September 4, 2015
Gerald Naughton September 4, 2015
Theun Okkerse September 4, 2015
Ronald C. Strachan September 4, 2015
Roger Baert, SVB (Belgium), 11 August 2017
Kath Kearney (Flag Institute), 11 August 2017
Ken Reynolds (Ottawa), 11 August 2017
Maggie Sumner (Flag Institute), 11 August 2017
Leigh Wetherall, 11 August 2017
Vanessa Van de Putte, 19 July 2019
H. Peter Van de Putte, 19 July 2019
Charles A Spain, 19 July 2019
Michel R Lupant, 19 July 2019
John M. Hartvigsen, 19 July 2019
Martin L Grieve, 19 July 2019
Malcolm J D Farrow, 19 July 2019
Roman Križanič, 15 July 2022
Uroš Žižmund, 15 July 2022
Aleksander Hribovšek, 15 July 2022
Philip Tibbetts, 15 July 2022
Theo Stylianidies, 15 July 2022
Steven A Knowlton, 15 July 2022
Daan van Leeuwen, 15 July 2022
Zhao Xinfeng, 20 August 2024
Liu Jin, 20 August 2024
Fei Sheng, 20 August 2024
Attila István Szekeres, 20 August 2024
Jim Ferrigan, 20 August 2024

Vexillon

(for the most important contribution to vexillology during the past two years preceding an ICV sponsored by the Flag Society of Australia)

Bruce Nicolls, September 29, 1989
William G. Crampton, July 5, 1991 (posthumously)
Maria Jose Sastre y Arribas, August 25, 1993
Frederick G. Brownell, July 5, 1995
Ales Brozek, August 15, 1997
Donald T. Healy and the editorial board of Raven : A Journal of Vexillology, August 2, 1999
Armand Noel du Payrat, July 27, 2001
Alfred Znamierowski, July 29, 2003
John Purcell and Petr Exner, August 1, 2005 (two awards given)
Howard M. Madaus and Whitney Smith, August 10, 2007
Andries Burgers (posthumously), July 17 2009
Annie Platoff, August 5, 2011
Andreas Herzfeld, August 9, 2013
Frederick G. Brownell, September 4, 2015
Pierre-Jean Guionin, SHOM, France, August 11, 2017
Nozomi Kariyasu, 19 July 2019
Roman Klimeš, 15 July 2022
Flags of the World, 13 August 2024

IAFM Award

(for the most creative paper delivered at an ICV sponsored by the International Association of Flag Manufacturers - IAFM)

Bruce Berry and Theo Stylianides "Vexistats" August 2, 1999
Philippe Rault "New flags for an Old Country" July 27, 2001
Edward Kaye "Flags over Antarctica" and Mason Kaye "The Flags of Portland, Oregon 1916-2002) August 1, 2003

Best Paper

(for the best paper delivered at an International Congress of Vexillology based on the quality of the paper’s contents, its presentation, and its appeal to the audience; sponsored by the North American Vexillological Association)

Ralph Kelly, August 5, 2005: "Caudillos, Coups, Constitutions and Changes: An Analysis of Flag Changes in Latin America"
Emil Dreyer, August 10, 2007: "Flags of the Pope’s Swiss Guard Since 1798"
Akira Kumagai, July 17, 2009: Flags and symbols of historical high schools in Japan
Patrice de la Condamine, August 5, 2011: Flags of Constructed Languages
Art Ness Proaño Gaibor-de Vries, August 9, 2013: "Hidden History behind the Colorants of Banner"
Annie M. Platoff, 4 September 2015: "Old Flags, New Meanings", co-authored with Steven A. Knowlton

Whitney Smith Award for the best paper at the conference

Rachel Phelan, 11 August 2017: "What's Up with the Big Green Flag? The Conservation of the Flag of the Irish Republic"
Hipólito Rafael Chacón, 19 July 2019: "Iconographia Jacobaea: The Reach of Santiago, Spain’s Patrol Saint, in Municipal Heraldry and Vexillology"
Krystof Huk, 15 July 2022: "Czech and Slovak Road to Communal Flags"
Masaco Sugawara, 20 August 2024: "Historical Military Flags with Chinese Characters : Japanese Banners with the name of God"