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Aldeburgh, Suffolk (England)

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2017

Town flag

Town Flag

The flag is displayed on a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlmyilBCDAU. It is dark blue with a red cog (ship) and red lion rampant on a white square.
Paul Bassinson, 8 May 2017

It is a blue horizontal flag with the emblem of Aldeburgh Town Council. The description of the Arms are as follows: "ARMS: Azure on Water in base an Ancient Ship of three masts in full sail a Ladder affixed to the side amidships proper the mainsail charged with a Lion rampant the fore and aft sails and pennons each charged with a Cross Gules." It was granted on October 20,1561 as a seal (untinctured); Certified (with tinctures) as Arms by the King of Arms 5th February 1951.
Source: http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/east_anglia_essex.html

Here is another image of the seal and the description as follows:
"This ship in the waves of the sea, all sayles bearinge, with a Lyon rampant in the mayne sayle’, was assigned for use as ‘ye common seale for ever’ (1561)"
Source: http://www.aldeburghmuseumonline.co.uk/1500-1650/the-borough/

Additional reference to the emblem of Aldeburgh, is seen here in the "Aldeburgh Yacht Club (United Kingdom)" section.
Esteban Rivera, 16 May 2017

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