#flagcoatarms

the Volvo Ocean Race Team Vestas boat flying the Danish flag the Orlogsflag with in the canton the markings Y.F. and three stars in gold, indicating the Kongelig Dansk Yachtclub (Royal Danish Yacht Club) 

Orange pennant (in combination with a Dutch flag) 

The pennant shows the connection between the Netherlands and the royal house (the Oranje-Nassau family)

The orange pennant is flown, always in combination with the Dutch flag, connected at the hoist.  The pennant must be at least the length of, or slightly longer then, the diagonal of the flag. a pointy end, a swallowtail or a brush at the end it's all allowed. The pennant is flown on birthdays of the King, Queen and other important members of the Royal House*, and on Kingsday (27 Apr. nationa holiday). and when a member of the royal house gets married.  The pennant isn't flown when someone of the royal house dies or at the funeral. 

The orange pennant (or Oranje wimpel in Dutch) has its origin at the start of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (after French occupation).  At first King Willem I wanted to reinstate the Orange-White-Blue as the national flag, but diplomatically that wasn't wise as the french were still a strong nation, and the Netherlands was not.  Therefore the orange pennant was /put back in use  to show that the Netherlands was now a kingdom ruled by the Oranje-Nassau family.  As with alot of things in the Netherlands it took until 1948 before the use and protcols about orange pennant was put in to actual law.

thereare paintings from 1768 of a Prince Willem V (steward) and his wife Wilhelmina from Preußen, that toured the Republic (of the Netherlands) by boat. The boat flies the VOC-flag (red-white-blue with a badge) and an orange pennant from the hoist. The pennant was used to show that the boat carried the Steward.

The use of pennants is believed to be of a origin.The Dutch Royal Navy still uses a war pennant to differ themselves from merchant ships as the Dutch navy ensign is the same as the civil ensign. But that is more for another post.

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The coat-of-arms or badge, of the Dutch Merchant Navy. 

As signed up by Royal decree in 1943. A gold anchor on a black field with a white an oxeye daisy (the flower) with an orange hart.  on both sides golden oak branches with four golden acorns. which on the bottom are tied together with a golden ribbon.

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where I will be posting about flags and coat-of-arms, interesting designs, history and meaning behind them.

This has always been an interest of mine, bout time I went and do something with it. If you have a flag or coat-of-arms where you want me to talk about, you are welcome to make a request.

Hello a new blog,

I've decided to make a side blog to my main to post about an interest of mine. I really like flags and coat-of-arms. I want to make posts about flags or coat-of-arms and there meaning/history.  special flags or ordinary, from a country long gone, or just new, from a company or a family. as long as it is interesting.