• Thumbnail for Canton (flag)
    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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  • Thumbnail for Flags and arms of cantons of Switzerland
    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    The 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 into the...
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    and blue. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Flags of the Confederate States of America
    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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Flag of Malaysia
    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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  • Thumbnail for Flag of Myanmar
    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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    Argent; on a canton of the field a Greek cross throughout of the second. The official flag ratio is 2:3. The shade of blue used in the flag has varied throughout...
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  • Thumbnail for Flag of Liechtenstein
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Flag of Sark
    The national flag of Sark consists of a white background with a red St. George's cross and a red canton containing the two yellow lions (or in heraldic...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Flag of Hawaii
    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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    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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    flag and black cross continue to be used, though rarely, by some individuals and groups. The blazon of the flag is Sable four bars argent, a canton ermine...
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  • Thumbnail for Christian Flag
    represents Jesus' purity. The dimensions of the flag and canton have no official specifications. The Christian Flag was first conceived on September 26, 1897...
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