the canton is a rectangular emblem placed at the top left of a flag, usually occupying up to a quarter of a flag's area. The canton of a flag may be...
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Each of the 26 modern cantons of Switzerland has an official flag and a coat of arms. The history of development of these designs spans the 13th to the...
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The flag of Chile consists of two equal-height horizontal bands of white and red, with a blue square the same height as the white band in the canton, which...
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stars and stripes flag family. The Liberian flag has similar red and white stripes, as well as a blue square with a white star in the canton. It was adopted...
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episode of Firefly Canton (building), a corner pilaster Canton (flag), an emblem placed in the top left quarter of a flag Canton (heraldry), a square...
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usage as a canton flag unconstitutional, since the symbols of cantons and municipalities cannot represent just one ethnic group. The flag was adopted...
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Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) used between 1775 and 1777. It consisted of 13 red-and-white stripes, with the British Union Flag in the canton. It first...
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British Union flag (denoting the kingdoms of England and Scotland) with thirteen stripes (representing the United Colonies). The canton consists of the...
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The national flag of Tonga consists of a red field with a white canton charged with a red couped cross. Adopted in 1875 after being officially enshrined...
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assembly of Māori chiefs at Waitangi in 1834, the flag was of a St George's Cross with another cross in the canton containing four stars on a blue field. After...
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traditional. Flag of Kent, traditional. "Wessex Flag | UK Flag Registry". "Wessex Flag | UK Flag Registry". Flag of Cumberland, traditional. Flag of Derbyshire...
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edged with red, in the canton of the white stripe. The flag was first recognized in the May of 1952. The red hue in the Maltese flag is officially documented...
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adopted the Danish flag with the Norwegian lion in the canton or the upper square at the hoist. This flag was in use as state and war flag until 1815 and...
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canton. The eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) is the most common and prominent symbol of New England and is featured on many of the region's flags....
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gold crown in the canton. In use since 1764 and officially enshrined into the nation's constitution in 1921, it has been the flag of the principality...
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with the flag of England in the canton. The flag displayed in the canton was later replaced by the flag of Great Britain and then the flag of the United...
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Confederates never seeing the flag. Moreover, the ones made by the Richmond Clothing Depot used the square canton of the second national flag rather than the slightly...
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field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan...
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Glossary of vexillology (redirect from Flag Terminology)
simple heraldic symbol. Canton Any quarter of a flag, but commonly means the upper hoist quarter, such as the field of stars in the flag of the United States...
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Napoleonic Wars by general Niklaus Franz von Bachmann, and as regimental flag of all cantonal troops from 1841. The federal coat of arms (eidgenössisches Wappen)...
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The flag of the Republic of China, commonly called the flag of Taiwan, consists of a red field with a blue canton bearing a white disk surrounded by twelve...
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adopted, changing the flag to a red banner with the gold letters "T.S.S.R." in its canton. On July 19, 1940, the Latin letters in the canton were changed to...
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canton. Its name stems from the story, once widely believed, that shortly after the 1777 act, upholsterer and flag maker Betsy Ross produced a flag of...
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a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The blazon of the flag is Azure...
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including seven green and white horizontal stripes and a canton with seven stars. In the North Caucasian flag, the seven stars and stripes represented the regions...
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States Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands Flag of Nepal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallery of flags with cantons. Examples: Flag of...
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independence from the United Kingdom. The flag consisted of a red field defaced with a blue canton. The blue canton was charged with one large white star...
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appears in the coat of arms The flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands features a blue ensign with the Union flag in the canton, defaced with the coat of arms...
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The flags of the Soviet Socialist Republics were all defaced versions of the flag of the Soviet Union, which featured a golden hammer and sickle and a...
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imagery. The canton of the flag of Hawaii contains the Union Flag of the United Kingdom, prominent over the top quarter closest to the flag mast. The field...
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