Signal Flags A set of flags used to signify letters and numbers, hoisted to communicate between ships at sea. Staff is a pole a flag hangs on. Standard a flag around which people rally. Today, term usually refers to the personal flag of a ruler, such as the Royal Standard of a British monarch. State flag is the flag flown by the government of a country.
Many state flags are the same as national flags but with the country's coat of arms added.
A state ensign is a flag used at sea by government ships. Where they differ from civil flags, state flags often carry a coat of arms. Storm flag, in U.S. Army, flies over an Army base in stormy weather. Streamer a long, narrow flag. Swallowtail flag which comes to two or three points at the fly end.