# The Flags of the World/Index

INDEX.
    A.
    Aargau, flag of 116
    "Acta Sanctorum," the 38
    Admiral's flag, R.N. 56
    Admiralty, flag of the 71, 72
    Agincourt, battle of 106
    Agincourt, flags at 5
    Agnus Dei, as device on flag 22
    Ailsa, flag of the yacht 73
    Allan Line, flag of the 75
    Allotment of code signals 138
    Ambulance flag 117
    Ancient Irish harp 33
    Anchor as badge 63, 71, 87, 100, 114
    Andrew, cross of St. 4, 35, 42, 43, 45, 53, 116
    Andrew, St., of Scotland 37, 42, 44
    Andrew, St., of Russia 103, 104
    Andrew, St., order of 102
    Anne, Standard of Queen 35
    Annunciation on flag 4
    Answering pennant 134
    Antelope as a device 16
    Antiquity, standards of 2
    Antwerp, device of city of 111
    Anvil as device on flag 7
    Argentine Republic, flag of 124
    Armada, defeat of the 3
    Arms of Canada 81, 82
    Arms of Washington 91
    Army, flags of the 61
    Army signalling 127, 128, 129
    Arragon, arms of 111
    Articles of War 56
    Assaye, special flag for 65
    Assyrian standards 2
    Athene, owl of 2
    Australian Steam Navigation Company's house flag 74
    Austro-Hungarian flags 101, 102
    Avondale flag 43
    Awdeley, standard of Sir John 17
    B.
    Bacon on sea-power 84, 85
    Baden, flag of 101
    Badge 9, 13, 15, 21, 62, 66, 67, 83, 84, 117
    Bahamas, Badge of the 84
    Balmoral tartan 1
    Banner, its nature 10
    Banneroll, kind of flag 18
    Bannockburn, battle of 44
    Barbadoes, badge of 83
    Barcelona, arms of 111
    Bar, banner of Sir John de 11
    Bardolph, banner of Sir Hugh 11
    Basel, flag of city of 116
    Bavaria, flag of 101, 119
    Bayeux tapestry, flags represented in 19, 22
    Bear as a device 1, 2
    Beau-seant of Knights Templars 24
    Beaver as a device 1, 30
    Bede on flags 4
    "Beehive of the Romish Church" 3
    Bees of the Napoleons 106, 109
    Belgium, flags of 23, 118
    Bermuda, badge of 84
    Berne, flag of 116
    Beverley, flag of 5
    Birkenhead, burning of the 64
    Black and white flag of Prussia 98
    Black as a flag colour 7, 24, 25
    Black Swan, device of the 84
    Blackwall line of shipping 74
    Black Watch, the 62
    Blenheim, battle of 64, 66
    Blue blanket of Edinburgh 42
    Blue ensign 40, 56, 73, 78, 83
    Board of Trade, flag of the 71
    Bohemia, flag of 102
    Bolivia, flag of 23, 123
    Bombardment of Scio 118
    Boots and shoes on a flag 7
    Bordered Jack 48, 58
    Botetourte, banner of Sir John 11
    Bourbon kings, the 107
    Brabant, lion of 112
    Brass of Sir John Daubernoun 18
    Brazil, flag of 23, 24, 123
    Brazil, pendant of 20
    Bremen, flag of port of 99
    Britannia, flag of the yacht 73
    British East Africa, device of, 84
    British Guiana, badge of 84
    British North Borneo, badge of 84
    Broad pendant 56
    Brunswick, arms of 35
    Brunswick, flag of 101
    Buckles as device on flag 7
    Bugle-horn as a device 15
    Builder's square on flag 6
    Bulgaria, flag of 121
    Bunker's Hill, battle of 87
    Bunting as material for flags 22
    Burgee, variety of flag 19, 73
    Burgundy, flag of 111, 112
    Burning of rebel colours 70
    Butler's "Lives of the Fathers" 39
    Butterflies as a flag device 17
    C.
    Campbell on the national flag 54
    Canada, Dominion of 10
    Canada, flags of Dominion of 80
    Canadian Pacific steamship line 75
    Candlemakers' flag, the 7
    Canterbury Cathedral, flags in 66
    Cantonal colours 116
    Cape of St. Martin 105
    Cape St. Vincent, action off 41
    Castle Line, house flag of the 75
    Castle on flag as a device 111, 112
    Cavalry standards 65
    Cavers standard, the 43
    Ceylon, device of the Colony of 84
    Chapel of Royal College, Chelsea, flags in 3, 66
    Chaucer, quotation from 12, 18
    Cheering to order 102
    Cherbourg, flag of port of 75
    Chili, flag of 121
    Chili, pendant of 20
    Chinese flags 125
    Chrysanthemum flag of Japan 124
    Coastguard flag 134
    Codes for flag-signalling 136
    Coffee plant on flag 123
    Coins, devices on 2, 88, 90, 120
    Colombia, flag of United States of 122
    Colonial Defence Act 78, 79, 80
    Colonial flags 20, 40, 78
    Colonies, value of 76, 77
    Colour party 64
    Colours, Queen's 61, 65, 67
    Colours, regimental 61, 65, 67
    Colours used in flags 23
    Columbus, flag flown by 86, 111
    Commodore's broad pendant 56
    Commonwealth flags 48
    Company or house flags 74, 75
    Compasses as a device 6
    Compass signals 136
    Confederate States of America 27, 94, 95
    Congo Free State, flag of 126
    Conquest of Ireland 33
    Consecrated banner 3, 103
    Constantine, Labarum of 2, 3, 51
    Consular flag 71
    Consul-General, Russian, flag of 104
    Cornet, variety of flag 19, 130
    Costa Rica, flag of 122
    Courtenay, banner of Sir Hugh de 11
    Covenanter flags 24, 43, 91
    Crescent as device 11, 15, 88, 95, 119, 120
    Croatia, flag of 102
    Cromwell, arms of 35
    Cromwell, funeral of 19
    Cross of St. Andrew 4, 35, 42, 43, 45, 53, 116
    Cross of St. George 4, 10, 14, 16, 35, 39, 41, 45, 48, 53, 84, 87, 116
    Cross of St. Patrick 4, 51, 53, 116
    Crown of Charlemagne 35
    Crowns of Ireland 33
    Cuba, flag of 124
    Culloden, battle of 70
    Cunard Line, house flag of 74
    Customs Department, flag of 71
    Czarina, standard of the 102
    Czar, standard of the 102, 103
    D.
    Dalmatia, flag of 102
    Dannebrog, the 115
    Demerara and Berbice Steamship Company 74
    Denis, St., flag of 5
    Denmark, flags of 115
    Derivation of word flag 8
    Desjardins on French flag 107
    Devitt and Moore house flag 74
    Diana, crescent of 119
    Diplomatic Service, flag of 71
    Dipping the flag 25
    Dragon as a device 17, 125
    Drayton, quotation from 15
    Durham, St. Cuthbert of 5
    E.
    Eagle as a device 41, 91, 93, 94, 98, 101, 102, 105, 109, 110
    Early Spanish flags 27
    East Africa Company, German 100
    East India Company, flag of 47, 89
    East Kent Regiment, flags of 66
    East Prussia, flag of 98
    Ecclesiastical flags often pictorial 4
    Ecuador, flag of 124
    Eddystone Light flag signal 137
    Edinburgh Cathedral, flags in 68
    Edinburgh Trained Bands 42
    Edmonson on flag usage 9
    Edward the Confessor, arms of 34
    Edward III., "King of the Seas" 25
    Edward VI., funeral of 17
    Egypt, ancient, standards of 2
    Egyptian flags, modern 120, 121
    Electoral bonnet 52
    Elephant as a device 65, 84, 125
    Elephant, order of the 115
    Elizabeth, funeral of Queen 17
    Elizabeth, thanksgiving service 3
    Elsass, flag of 101
    Emperor of Germany 98
    Ensign 8
    Ermine as a flag device 24
    Errors in flag-making 58, 59, 60
    Excise, flag of the 71
    Eye as a device on flag 7
    F.
    Facings of the regiment 62
    Falcon as a device 17
    Favyn "Le Théâtre d'honneur" 4, 107
    Fiji, badge of colony 84
    Files represented on trade flag 7
    Flag-book of the Admiralty 120
    Flag-lore valuable 58
    Flagons on trade flag 7
    Flag-signalling 127, et seq.
    Flanders, badge of 111
    Flashing messages at night 134
    Fleur-de-lys 21, 34, 36, 106, 108, 109, 112
    Flodden, battle of 6
    Florida, settlement of 86
    Florin, arms on the 32
    Fly of a flag, the 10
    Fork and spoon on a flag 7
    Four-flag signals 137
    France, flags of 1, 21, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110
    Franco-German War of 1870 97
    Fribourg, flag of 116
    Frogmorton, standard of 17
    Funeral obsequies, flags at 6, 17, 18, 19, 22
    G.
    Garter, order of the 38
    Gautier on the Swiss flag 116
    Geneva Convention 117
    Geneva, flag of 116
    Geographical signals 137
    George, St., cross of 4, 10, 14, 16, 35, 39, 41, 45, 48, 53, 84, 87, 116
    George, St., of England 36, 37, 116
    George, St., of Russia 102, 103
    German Unity 97, 98
    Germany, flags of 99, 100
    Globe on flag 63, 87
    Gnu as a flag device 84
    Golden Legend, the 37
    Gonfalon, kind of flag 8
    Government, departments, flags of 71
    Governor-General of Canada, flag of 81
    Governors of Colonies, flags of 81, 84
    Grandison, banner of Sir William de 11
    Gray, quotation from 9
    Greater Britain 77
    Great Seal of Canada 83
    Great Seal of Richard I. 30
    Greece, flag of 119
    Green and white of the Tudors 21
    Green as a flag colour 23, 43, 113, 123
    Greyhound as a device 17
    Growth of the Italian State 113
    Guards, flags of the 65
    Guatemala, flag of 23, 122
    Guidon, form of flag 21
    Guild flags 6, 7
    Guinea Company's flag 27
    H.
    Half-mast high, flags at 25
    Hamburg, flag of city of 99
    Hammer represented on flag 6, 7
    Hand as a device 2
    Hanover, arms of 29, 35, 52
    Hanover, flag of 101
    Hanseatic League, flag of 99
    Harfleur, siege of 12
    Harleian MS. on flags 16, 21
    Harp of Ireland 4, 29, 32, 33, 34, 49, 54
    Hayti, flag of 23, 124
    Heavenly succour 37, 42, 44, 106, 115
    Henry V., standard of 16
    Henry VII., flags in chapel of 12
    Heraldic Exhibition, Edinburgh 43
    Heraldic requirements in flag devising 23, 54
    Hesse, flag of 101
    Highland tartans 1
    "History and principles of Heraldry" 10
    Hohenzollerns, arms of the 99
    Hoisting one flag over another 25
    Hoist of the flag, the 10
    Holderton, banner of Sir John de 11
    Holland, flags of 117, 118
    Hong Kong, badge of colony of 84
    Horse as a device 2
    Horsham, political colours at 8
    House flags 24, 74, 75
    House of Orange, flag of 117
    Hungary, flag of 23, 102
    I.
    Idolatrous emblem 87
    Illiterate voters, mistakes of 7, 8
    Imperial Eagle 66, 101, 102
    Inscriptions on flags 3, 4, 13, 15, 16, 24, 35, 41, 43, 49, 66, 88, 90, 93, 122, 123
    International signal code 133, 136, 137, 138
    Investiture of knight-banneret 14
    Invocation of saints 3
    Ireland joined to Great Britain 32
    Iron cross of Germany 100
    Isandlwana, battle of 63, 69
    Istria, flag of 102
    Italy, flags of 23, 113, 114
    J.
    James II., statue of 35
    Japan, flags of 124
    Jerusalem, arms of city of 114, 115
    Jewish standards 3
    Joan of Arc, standard of 4
    Jove, Eagle of 2
    K.
    Karlaverok, siege of 11, 18
    Kasan, arms of province of 102
    Katharine of Arragon flag-making 13
    Kempenfeldt's signal code 130
    Key as a device on flag 15
    Khorsabad, slabs from 2
    Kingdom of Hungary 101
    King's Own Borderers 63
    Kiow, arms of province of 102
    Knights-banneret 14
    Knights of the Bath, banners of 12
    Knights of the Garter, banners of 12
    Knights Templars, banner of the 24
    Köbel, book on costume and flags 101
    Korea, flag of kingdom of 125
    L.
    Labarum of Constantine 2, 3, 51
    Labuan, badge of colony of 84
    La Haye's book on flags 87
    Lamartine on the red flag 109
    Lancer pennon 14, 19
    Landing of Charles II. 47
    Land of the rising sun 124
    Laurel wreath on flag 49, 81
    Lawyers, flag of the 7
    Leeward Isles, badge of the 84
    Leon and Castile, arms of 86, 110, 111
    Liberia, flag of 125
    Liberty, figure of 94, 118
    Lion of Scotland 4, 29, 31, 34
    Lions of England 4, 29, 30, 34
    Livery colours 7, 14, 17, 21
    Livy on Vexillum 2
    Lloyd's signal stations 139
    Locksmiths, flag of the 7
    London, port of, flag signal 137
    London Trained Bands 41, 67
    Lone Star State, flag of the 95
    Lord Cardross, flag of 16
    Lord High Admiral of England 72, 80
    Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, flag of 71
    Lord Mayor's Show, flags at 19, 20
    Loss of colours at Edgehill 65
    Lothringen, flag of 101
    Louisiana, flag of State of 94
    Louisiana, settlement of 86
    Lozenges as a device on flag 41
    Lubeck, flag of city of 99
    Lucerne, flag of 116
    Lunenburg, arms of 35
    Lydgate, the duty of chivalry 12
    M.
    Maccabees, standard of the 3
    Machyn, diary of 6, 17, 21, 39, 111
    Mackay, extract from 57, 58
    Mail service flag 72
    Mainsail emblazoned as banner 12
    Malplaquet, battle of 64
    Man-of-war pendant 20, 78, 93, 110, 111, 121, 129, 135
    Maple-leaf of Canada 30, 81
    Marmion, quotation from 8, 18
    Martin, description of Western Islands 1
    Marseillaise, the 98
    Marseilles, flag of port of 75
    Martlets on flag 34
    Massachusetts, flag of 3, 87
    Mayflower, sailing of the 87
    Mecklenburg-Strelitz, flag of 101
    Mediæval spelling 6, 22
    Mediterranean and New York Company 75
    Merchant flag, red ensign 40, 47, 58, 73, 80
    Merchant Shipping (Colours) Act 58
    Metal-workers, flag of the 7
    Meteorological signals 135
    Mexico, flag of 23, 123
    Milton, quotation from 8
    Minotaur as a device 2
    Minden, battle of 64
    "Mirror for Magistrates," quotation from 15
    Mohammedan flags often green 24
    Monasteries, flags of 5
    Monk, funeral of General 18, 22
    Monogram, sacred, on flag 3, 42, 51
    Monthermer, banner of Sir Ralph 11
    Morse alphabet for signalling 127, 128, 129
    Mottoes on flags 3, 4, 13, 15, 16, 24, 35, 41, 43, 49, 66, 88, 90, 93, 122, 123
    Mutiny in the Royal Navy 25
    N.
    Napoleon, flags at tomb of 4
    Nassau, arms of 29, 35
    Natal, device of colony of 84
    Naval Discipline Act 56
    Naval Exhibition at Chelsea 41
    Navy signalling 129, et seq.
    Nelson, funeral of 18, 22
    Neville's Cross, battle of 5
    New Brunswick, arms of province of 82
    Newfoundland, badge of colony of 83
    New Granada, flag of 122
    New Guinea, badge of colony of 84
    New South Wales, badge of colony of 84
    New Zealand, badge of 84
    New Zealand Shipping Company 24, 75
    Night signalling at sea 134
    Nisbet on the tressure 32
    Norie's "Flags of All Nations" 26
    Northallerton, sacred flags at 5
    North German Confederacy 99
    Norway, flag of 115
    Nova Scotia, arms of province of 82
    Nova Scotia, settlement of 87
    Novgorod, arms of province of 102
    O.
    Obsolete flags 8, 22, 26
    Ontario, arms of province of 82
    Orange flag 8
    Orange Free State, flag of 23, 125
    Order of Black Eagle 100
    Ordnance Department flag 71
    Orient Steam Navigation Company 24, 134
    Oriflamme 105
    Oudenarde, battle of 64
    Owl of Athene 2
    P.
    Palmetto palm on flag 94, 95
    Pamiot Azof, flag of the 104
    Papal States, flag of the 23, 114, 115
    Paraguay, flag of 122
    Paris, arms of city of 109
    Passion symbols on flag 6
    Patrick, St., life of 51, 52
    Pendant or pennant, 20, 40, 78, 93, 110, 111, 121, 129, 135
    Peninsular and Oriental Company, flag of 74
    Pennoncelle or pencel 19
    Pennon, nature of the 14, 18, 19
    Pepys, extract from diary of 55
    Percy, banner of Sir Henri de 11
    Percy lion 11, 15
    Percy motto 15, 16
    Percy standard 15
    Persepolis, sculptures of 2
    Peruvian flag 123
    Pictorial flags 4
    Pilgrim Fathers, the 87
    Pilot flag 48, 100, 104, 134
    Pine-apple as a device 84
    Pine-tree flag 87, 88, 89
    Plantagenet livery colours 21
    Pliny on Roman standards 2
    Poland, flag of 105
    Political colours 7
    Political devices on flags 4
    Pomerania, flag of 101
    Popham's signal code 131
    Portcullis as a device 21
    Portobello, capture of 41
    Ports, flags of 75
    Portugal, flags of 112, 113
    Pottery, representation of flags on 89
    Precedence a difficulty 28
    Presentation of colours 3, 66
    President, U.S.A., flag of 93, 94
    Printed flags 23
    Protectorate flag, the 50
    Prussian eagle 98
    Q.
    Quarantine flag, the 25, 59
    Quebec, arms of province of 82
    Queen's colour 61, 65
    Queensland, badge of colony of 83
    Queen's Regulations 54, 55, 64, 71, 78, 81
    R.
    Ramilies, battle of 64
    Rattlesnake flag 1, 13, 87, 88
    Raven of the Danes 13
    Rebel colors burnt 70
    Red ensign 40, 47, 58, 73, 80
    Red flag of revolution 25, 59, 109
    Relics of saints worked into flag 5
    Religious character of early flags 4, 5, 22
    Religious service 3, 103
    Revenue flag, U.S.A. 93
    Rey on the French flag 107
    Rhode Island, flag of 87
    Richard II., standard of 17
    Ridre, standard of Sir William de 11
    Riga, flag of port of 75
    Ripon, St. Wilfrid's banner at 5
    Rolls of arms 10
    Rome, standards of ancient 2, 42
    Roses as a flag device 16, 21
    Rotterdam, flag of port of 75
    Rouen, capture of 5, 38, 112
    Roumania, flag of 121
    Royal Colonial Institute 76
    Royal Horse Artillery of 1813 19
    Royal Marines 63
    Royal Naval Reserve 40, 56, 57, 73, 79, 139
    Royal Navy, flag code of the 133
    Royal Oak on coins 88
    Royal Standard 11, 29, 34, 48, 54, 59, 78
    Royal United Service Museum 24, 125, 130, 131
    Royal Yacht Squadron, flag of the 72
    Royston, political colours at 8
    Russia, flags of 24, 102, 103, 104, 105
    Russian American Company's flag 26
    S.
    Sacred monogram on flag 3
    Salique law, operation of 36
    Salmon as a flag device 82
    Saluting the flag 26, 55, 56
    San Salvador, flag of 124
    Sarawak, flag of 125
    Sardinia, flag of 26
    Savoy, flag of 27, 113, 123
    Saxe-Coburg Gotha, flag of 101
    Saxony, arms of 35
    Saxony, flag of 100
    Schomburg-Lippe, flag of 101
    School of Army Signalling 128
    "Scotland for ever" 70
    Scots Greys 66
    Scottish grievance as to arms 31, 45, 46, 53
    Scottish variation of Union flag 46
    Scott, quotation from 8, 29
    Servia, flag of 121
    Seven Champions of Christendom, 38
    Seventeenth Lancers 66
    Shakespeare, quotation from 15, 37
    Shannon and Chesapeake duel 90
    Shears as a device on trade flag 7
    Siam, flag of kingdom of 125
    Signal-book of Chesapeake 133
    Signalling by flags 20, 23, 127, et seq.
    Simon de Montfort, banner of, 12
    Skull and cross-bones device 66
    Sledge flags of Arctic expedition 16
    South Australia, badge of 83
    South Carolina, flag of 87, 88, 94
    Southern Cross 30, 80, 96
    Sovereignty of the seas 25, 26
    Spain, flags of 1, 24, 110, 111, 112
    Spelling, mediæval liberty of 6, 22
    Spenser, quotation from 36
    Sphinx as a badge 62, 63
    Spoon and fork on trade flag 7
    Standard, nature of the 14
    St. Andrew, cross of 4, 35, 42, 43, 45, 53, 116
    Stars and bars, C.S.A. 95, 96
    Stars and stripes, U.S.A. 59
    St. Denis, flag of 105
    Stewart on tartans 1
    St. Gallen, flag of 116
    St. George, cross of 4, 10, 14, 16, 35, 39, 41, 45, 48, 53, 84, 87, 116
    St. Helena, badge of colony of 84
    Storm signals by flags 135
    "Story of Thebes," quotation from 12
    St. Patrick, cross of 4, 51, 53, 116
    Straits Settlement, device of 84
    Streamer, variety of flag 20, 21
    Strictly confidential signals 133
    Stuart, livery colours of house of 21
    Sun as a device 2, 17
    Swallow-tail flag 14, 18, 93, 110, 115, 116, 130
    Swan, black, of Western Australia 84
    Sweden, flag of 115
    Switzerland, flag of 116
    Swynnerton, standard of Sir Thomas de 16
    Sydney, Sir Philip, funeral of 18
    Sidney, Sir Philip, on war 19
    Symbols to express colours 74
    T.
    Tartans, Scottish 1
    Tasmania, device of colony of 84
    Telegraph Department, flag of 71
    Tessin, flag of Canton 117
    Teutonic, armament of the 57
    Teutonic order, cross of the 100
    Texas, flag of the State of 95
    Texel, flag of the port of 75
    "The late unpleasantness" 96
    "Theorike and Practike of Modern Warres" 61
    Third Dragoons 66
    Thistle as a flag device 42, 82
    Three-flag signals 137
    Tiger of Korea 125
    Titus, the arch of 2
    Tobacco plant on flag 123
    Torpedo practice flag 133
    Trafalgar, Nelson's famous signal 132, 133
    Trajan's column, standards on 2
    Transport service, flag of the 71, 104
    Transvaal, flag of the 126
    Trefoils as a device 41
    Tressure of Scotland, the 31, 32
    Tricolor of France 40, 108
    Trinidad, badge of colony of 84
    Trinity, banner of the 5, 6
    Trowel on guild flag 6
    Trumpet banners 12, 20
    Tudor flags 17
    Tughra device, the 120, 121
    Tunisian flags 120
    Turkey, flags of 24, 119, 120
    Twenty-fourth regiment 62
    Tyrol, flag of the 102
    U.
    Union between England and Scotland 45
    Union between Great Britain and Ireland 50, 52
    Union flag 1, 4, 45, 47, 50, 54, 61
    Union flag of Sweden and Norway, 116
    Union Jack 47, 48
    Union Steamship Company's flag 75
    United Italy 113
    United States of America, flag of 86, 89, 90, 91
    Universal code for signalling 28
    Urgency flag signals 136
    Uri, flag of Canton of 116
    Uruguay, flag of 122
    Utilisation of liners as cruisers 57
    V.
    Valence, banner of Sir Aymer de 11
    Valkyrie, flag of the yacht 73
    Variation in size a sign of rank 17
    Venezuela, flag of 23, 122, 123
    Venice, obsolete flags of 27
    Versailles, palace of 97
    Vessels spoken at sea 139, 140
    Viceroy of India, flag of 65, 81
    Victoria Cross 63
    Victoria, flag of colony of 80
    Victualling Department, flag of 71
    Virginia, settlement of 86
    Virgin Mary on flag 6
    Vocabulary signals 137
    Voldermirz, arms of 102
    Vowel flags objectionable 138, 139
    W.
    Waldeck, flag of 101
    War cries 37
    War songs 95, 98
    Warriors' Chapel at Canterbury 66, 67
    Washington, arms of 91, 93
    "Watch upon the Rhine" 98
    Waterloo, battle of 70
    Weather signals 135, 137
    Wellington, funeral of Duke of 18, 22
    West Africa, device of 84
    Western Australia, device of 84
    Western Australia, governor's flag 81
    West Prussia, flag of 98
    White cross of France 107
    White elephant of Siam 125
    White ensign 40, 55, 59, 72
    White horse of Hanover 63, 66
    White horse of Kent 36
    White Star Line, house flag of 57, 75
    Why called "Jack" 48
    William III., standard of 35
    Wreath on flag 63, 66, 81
    Wolf as a device 2
    Wurtemburg, flag of 101
    Y.
    Yacht flags 100, 138
    Yellow flag, its significance 24, 59
    York, livery colours of house of 21