FLAGS:

SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR HISTORY AND USES.

PREFATORY NOTE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FLAGS.

ANCIENT STANDARDS.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLAGS—GONFANON—PENNON—PENONCEL.

BANNERS.

STANDARDS—THE ROYAL STANDARD.

STANDARDS BORNE BY NOBLES.

FLAGS BORNE BY TRADES.

FLAGS OF THE COVENANTERS.

NATIONAL FLAGS.

THE UNION FLAG.

THE UNION JACK.

THE ENSIGN.

SPECIAL FLAGS.

THE PENDANT.

SIGNALS AND OTHER FLAGS.

USE OF FLAGS IN NAVAL WARFARE.

INTERNATIONAL USAGE AS TO FLAGS.

FLAGS OF THE BRITISH ARMY.

USE OF FLAGS BY PRIVATE PERSONS.

FOREIGN FLAGS: FRANCE.

THE AMERICAN FLAG.

OTHER FOREIGN FLAGS.

INDEX.