- ASCENDING DIAGONAL
- 1) The term for a diagonal stripe that runs from the lower hoist corner to
the upper fly corner, and which centres on the corners of the flag – a bend
sinister, rising diagonal, fly-diagonal, left diagonal or left diagonal bar - but see
‘bend sinister’
and ‘Appendix IX’ (also
‘east-west diagonal’,
‘north-east diagonal’,
‘north-south diagonal’,
‘south-east diagonal’,
‘south-north diagonal’,
‘west-east diagonal’
‘west-north diagonal’
and ‘west-south diagonal’).
- 2) The term may also be used to describe the division line on a bicolour divided
diagonally as shown below – but see
‘per bend sinister 1)’
(also ‘bicolour 1)’ and
‘descending diagonal’).
National Flag of Tanzania (fotw); National Flag of the
Solomon Islands (fotw); Flag of
Acre, Brazil (fotw)
- ASHOKA CHAKRA (or CHAKKRA)
- See ‘chakra’.
Buddhist Flag, Thailand (fotw)
- ASKLEPIAN (or ASKLEPIAN STAFF)
- See ‘staff of asclepius’.
Flag and Emblem of the 52nd Field Ambulance, Canada (fotw)
- ASPECT RATIO
- See ‘proportions’.
- ASYMMETRIC LEFT (or SINISTER) STEPPED
- See ‘stepped gonfalon’.
- ASYMMETRIC RIGHT (or DEXTER) STEPPED
- See ‘stepped gonfalon’.
- ASTRAL CROWN
- In UK and some other usage, a coronet based on the naval model, but composed
of wings and stars, and representative of the military air service (see also
‘coronet’ and
‘naval crown’).
![[astral crown example]](../images/v/vxt-d1916.gif)
![[astral crown example]](../images/v/vxt-d022.gif)
![[astral crown example]](../images/v/vxt-d5325.gif)
Officers Commanding in Chief RAF, UK (fotw);
UK Pattern Astral Crown (Martin Grieve);
Commandant-General RAF Regiment, UK (fotw)
- ATHLETICS' (or ATHLETIC) CROSS
- See ‘cross of athletics’
![[athletics cross example]](../images/v/vxt-d1661.gif)
Flag of the Albis Steam Shipping Company
1897, Germany (fotw)
- AT THE DIP
- See ‘dip, at the’
- AT THE FORE
- See ‘fore, at the’
![[at the fore example]](../images/v/vxt-d3594.gif)
Flag of a Vice-Admiral 1864 - 1898, UK (fotw)
- AT THE LEECH
- See
‘leech’.
- AT THE MAIN
- See ‘main, at the’
![[at the fore example]](../images/v/vxt-d3596.gif)
Flag of an
Admiral 1853, Austria/Hungary (fame)
- AT THE MASTHEAD
- See ‘masthead, at the’
- AT THE MIZZEN
- See ‘mizzen, at the’
![[at the fore example]](../images/v/vxt-d3595.gif)
Flag of a Rear-Admiral 1864 - 1898, UK (fotw)
- AT THE PEAK (or AT THE PEAK OF THE GAFF)
- See ‘peak 1)’
(also ‘gaff’).
- ATTIRE(S)
- The heraldic term for an antler (or a pair or group of antlers) from a stag, when shown separately -
but see ‘attired’ below.
Flag of Oberrüti, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Balingen, Germany (fotw);
Flag of Glattfelden, Switzerland (fotw)
- ATTIRED
- The heraldic term used when the antlers of a stag, or the horns of some other animal –
for example a goat – are shown in a different tincture from that of its body –
accorné – see ‘attire’ above (also
‘armed 2)’,
‘beaked’,
‘gorged’,
‘jelloped’,
‘langued’,
‘membered’ and
‘tincture’).
Flag of Forel, Switzerland (fotw);
Flag of Gävleborg, Sweden (fotw);
Flag of Espadanedo, Portugal (fotw)
- ATTRIBUTED ARMS
- The heraldic term for that coat of arms which was assigned to a person whose lifetime
predated the introduction of heraldic symbolism, or for whom there is no evidence that any
such arms were either granted or assumed (see also ‘attributed flag’).
Attributed Arms of King Edward the Confessor 1042 – 1066, England (fotw)
- ATTRIBUTED FLAG
- The term for a flag, or the illustration of such a flag, that is attributed to a particular
historical person or entity, but for which no real evidence of actual use exists (see also
‘attributed arms’,
‘putative flag’,
‘reconstruction’ and
‘suppositious flag’).
Attributed Flag of Macedonia 1921 – 1923 (Macedonian Documents)
