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War flag

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For the Standard WWI steamship, see SS War Flag.
"Banner of War" redirects here. For the Yugoslav military decoration, see Order of the War Banner.
A knight (Jan I van Brabant) flying a heraldic flag in battle, in addition to the heraldic device displayed on his shield (Codex Manesse, c. 1304)

A war flag, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard,[1] is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land. The nautical equivalent is a naval ensign. Under the strictest sense of the term, few countries today currently have distinct war flags, most using a flag design that is also the state flag or general national flag for this purpose.

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History

Further information: Oriflamme, Heraldic flag, Banner, Vexilloid, Field sign, and Royal Standard

Sound trumpets! Let our bloody colours wave! And either victory, or else a grave.

— Edward, Prince of Wales, in Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene II

Field signs were used in early warfare at least since the Bronze Age. The word standard itself is from an Old Frankish term for a field sign (not necessarily a flag).

Babur and his Mughal Army saluting the Nine Standards of Timur.

The use of flags as field signs apparently emerges in Asia, during the Iron Age, possibly in either China or India.[2] in Achaemenid Persia, each army division had its own standard, and "all officers had banners over their tents".[3] Early field signs that include, but are not limited to a flag, are also called vexilloid or "flag-like", for example the Roman Eagle standard or the dragon standard of the Sarmatians. The Roman Vexillum itself is also "flag-like" in the sense that it was suspended from a horizontal crossbar as opposed to a simple flagpole.

Use of simple flags as military ensigns becomes common during the medieval period, developing in parallel with heraldry as a complement to the heraldic device shown on shields. The maritime flag also develops in the medieval period. The medieval Japanese Sashimono carried by foot-soldiers are a parallel development.

Some medieval free cities or communes did not have coats of arms, and used war flags that were not derived from a coat of arms. Thus, the city of Lucerne used a blue-white flag as a field sign from the mid 13th century, without deriving it from a heraldic shield design.

Current war flags

Used by armed forces only

Army (land) use only

War flags that are also naval ensigns

Former war flags

See also

References

  1. ^ "standard". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. ^ flag. (2008). Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica.
  3. ^ E. Pottier, Douris, London, 1909, p. 105 fig. 20, Plate XXV.b
  4. ^ "India before British Rule". www.crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-10.

Further reading

  • Wise, Terence (1978) Military flags of the world, in color. New York: Arco Publishing. 184p. ISBN 0668044721. War flags of 1618–1900.

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