pennant
A pennant is a small flag, usually triangular in shape. He usually does not have any sovereign symbols. As an integral part of a banner, it is called a swivel .
Military use
In the world's navies, pennants are used on the one hand as part of the extended (NATO) signal alphabet and on the other hand as part of the command signals.
- Pennants in the NATO signal alphabet : On the one hand, as a number pennant that says g. Pennants, as well as a substitute flag for the repetition of an already used flag within a hot, the so-called substitutes.
- Pennant as a command signal: In the German Navy, every officer who is entrusted with the independent command of a warship is entitled to use the command signal. It is about 10 cm wide and about 4 m long, made of white fabric and printed with a black iron cross on the side of the stick. A special form of this command pennant is the home pennant , which may be set by any warship that has been at sea for at least one year or has circumnavigated the world. The dimensions of this pennant vary, it is usually around 30 cm wide and so long that it stretches from the main top of the ship to the wake (i.e. at least 50 m for a frigate, for example), and has the same shape as the regular command pennant .
Civil use
- In youth groups, for example boy scouts sippen, it is still seen today as an identity-forming object. Often a youth group pennant is provided with an animal drawing, which represents the animal group name. A pennant can be attached to a two-part pennant spear.
- At the beginning of an official soccer rsp. During handball matches, the captains of both teams exchange the club pennant as a sign of solidarity and friendship. The club pennant is often also on the chairman's table as a small standard at general assemblies and other meetings of the association's bodies .
- The German road safety organization gives to children who bicycle test or crossing guards course-have successfully completed, a green bicycle safety flag .
- Pennants are often used as a souvenir by associations, places of pilgrimage, tourist destinations or tourist attractions.
- Bicycle safety flags are sometimes attached to bicycles , which improve the visibility of the cyclist due to their height above car roofs.
material
The material is usually fabric or similar fabric or leather. The pennant is often printed or elaborately embroidered.
Swivel
The form was found particularly in the rider flags of the Middle Ages, such as the Reichssturmfahne .
- Representation in coat of arms
Coat of arms of Mörnsheim
Coat of arms of Nesovice
Coat of arms of Württemberg (with the Reichssturm flag )
See also
Web links
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