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Dictionary of Vexillology: K (Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge - Kommandowimpel)

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• KAISERLICHE KRIEGSFLAGGE
• KAMON
• KERNELLED
• KHANDA
• KENT VANE-FLY
• KING’S BROAD PENNANT
• KING’S COLOUR (or COLOR)
• KING’S JACK
• KIRCHENFAHNE
• KIRCHENSPANGE
• KLEESTENGEL (or KLEESTENGELN)
• KNATTERFLAGGE (or KNATTERFAHNE)
• KNIGHT BACHELOR
• KNIGHT BANNERET
• KOMMANDOWIMPEL

KAISERLICHE KRIEGSFLAGGE

The German for Imperial War Ensign, and referring to the War Ensign of Imperial Germany – but see ‘war flag 1)’ and ‘war flag 2)’.

 
Kaiserliche Kriegsflaggen / War Flags of Germany, 1870 – 1892, 1892 – 1903 and 1903 – 1919 (fotw)

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KAMON

See ‘mon 2)’.

Imperial Standard of Japan (fotw)

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KERNELLED

An alternative heraldic term to embattled - ‘embattled’.

Flag and Arms of Radkov, Czechia (fotw)

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KHANDA

A blue emblem, usually on a triangular pennant with saffron field and symbolic of the Sikh religion (see also ‘pennant 2’ and ‘religious flag’).

The Khanda of the Sikhs (fotw)

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KENT VANE-FLY

See ‘bob’.

Kent Vane Fly/Bob of the Thames Barge Sailing Trust, UK

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KING’S BROAD PENNANT

See ‘broad pennant 4)’.

King’s Broad Pennant until 1973, Greece (fotw)

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KING’S COLOUR (or COLOR)

See ‘colour 2)’ and ‘colours 2)’.

 
King’s Colour of The Barcelona Regiment 1810, Spain (fotw); Kings Colour of the RAF 1947 – 1952, UK (fotw)

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KING’S JACK

See ‘His Majesty's Jack’.

Union Jack 1601 – 1801, England/UK (fotw)

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KIRCHENFAHNE

A direct translation of this (German) term would be ‘church flag’ – but see ‘labarum 2)’.

 
Flag of Hermannsburg, Germany (fotw)

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KIRCHENSPANGE

A direct translation of this (German) term would be church clasp – but see ‘forked cross’.

 
Arms of Affoltern, Switzerland (Wikipedia)

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KLEESTENGEL (or KLEESTENGELN)

In heraldry see ‘cloverstem(s)’.

Flag of Javůrek, Czechia (fotw)

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KNATTERFLAGGE (or KNATTERFAHNE)

See ‘vertically hoisted flag 1)’ and its following note.

Knatterflagge/Vertically Hoisted Flag of Sankt Wolfgang, Germany (fotw)

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KNIGHT BACHELOR

1) In current UK usage, a title given when the recipient receives a knighthood that is not attached to any specific Order of Chivalry.

2) In English usage, now obsolete, see ‘pennoncier’.

Lance Pennon of a knight Bachelor (or Pennoncier), England 1415

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KNIGHT BANNERET

See ‘banneret 2)’.

Lance Pennon of Sir Robert Knolles. Knight Banneret c1360, England

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KOMMANDOWIMPEL

The German term for a masthead pennant - see ‘masthead pennant 1)’.

Kommandowimpel/Masthead Pennant of Germany (fotw)

Please note that a direct translation of the above is "command pennant", however, this term is already in use by other navies, and covers pennants with a different function, so the term “pennant of command” has been introduced as an alternative.

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