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Dictionary of Vexillology: A (Ascending Diagonal - Attributed Flag)

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ASCENDING DIAGONAL
ASHOKA CHAKRA (or CHAKKRA)
ASKLEPIAN (or ASKLEPIAN STAFF)
ASPECT RATIO
ASYMMETRIC LEFT (or SINISTER) STEPPED
ASYMMETRIC RIGHT (or DEXTER) STEPPED
ASTRAL CROWN
ATHLETICS CROSS
AT THE DIP
AT THE FORE
AT THE LEECH
AT THE MAIN
AT THE MASTHEAD
AT THE MIZZEN
AT THE PEAK (or AT THE PEAK OF THE GAFF)
ATTIRE(S)
ATTIRED
ATTRIBUTED ARMS
ATTRIBUTED FLAG

ASCENDING DIAGONAL: 1) The term for a diagonal stripe that runs from the lower hoist corner to the upper fly corner, and which centres on the corners of the flag – a bend sinister, rising diagonal, fly-diagonal, left diagonal or left diagonal bar - but see ‘bend sinister’ and ‘Appendix IX’ (also ‘east-west diagonal’, ‘north-east diagonal’, ‘north-south diagonal’, ‘south-east diagonal’, ‘south-north diagonal’, ‘west-east diagonal’ ‘west-north diagonal’ and ‘west-south diagonal’).; 2) The term may also be used to describe the division line on a bicolour divided diagonally as shown below – but see ‘per bend sinister 1)’ (also ‘bicolour 1)’ and ‘descending diagonal’).

National Flag of Tanzania (fotw); National Flag of the Solomon Islands (fotw); Flag of Acre, Brazil (fotw)
ASHOKA CHAKRA (or CHAKKRA): See ‘chakra’.

Buddhist Flag, Thailand (fotw)
ASKLEPIAN (or ASKLEPIAN STAFF): See ‘staff of asclepius’.

Flag and Emblem of the 52nd Field Ambulance, Canada (fotw)
ASPECT RATIO: See ‘proportions’.
ASYMMETRIC LEFT (or SINISTER) STEPPED: See ‘stepped gonfalon’.
ASYMMETRIC RIGHT (or DEXTER) STEPPED: See ‘stepped gonfalon’.
ASTRAL CROWN: In UK and some other usage, a coronet based on the naval model, but composed of wings and stars, and representative of the military air service (see also ‘coronet’ and ‘naval crown’).

Officers Commanding in Chief RAF, UK (fotw); UK Pattern Astral Crown (Martin Grieve); Officers of Air Rank Commanding a Base RAAF, Australia (fotw)
ATHLETICS' (or ATHLETIC) CROSS: See ‘cross of athletics’

Flag of the Albis Steam Shipping Company 1897, Germany (fotw)
AT THE DIP: See ‘dip, at the’
AT THE FORE: See ‘fore, at the’

Flag of a Vice-Admiral 1864 - 1898, UK (fotw)
AT THE LEECH: See ‘leech’.
AT THE MAIN: See ‘main, at the’

Flag of an Admiral c1850, Austria/Hungary (fame)
AT THE MASTHEAD: See ‘masthead, at the’
AT THE MIZZEN: See ‘mizzen, at the’

Flag of a Rear-Admiral 1864 - 1898, UK (fotw)
AT THE PEAK (or AT THE PEAK OF THE GAFF): See ‘peak 1)’ (also ‘gaff’).
ATTIRE(S): The heraldic term for an antler (or a pair or group of antlers) from a stag, when shown separately - but see ‘attired ’ below.

Ceremonial Flag of Trzebiel, Poland (fotw); Flag of Glattfelden, Switzerland (fotw); Flag of Srní, Czechia (fotw)
ATTIRED: The heraldic term used when the antlers of a stag, or the horns of some other animal – for example a goat – are shown in a different tincture from that of its body – accorné – see ‘attire’ above (also ‘armed 2)’, ‘beaked’, ‘gorged’, ‘jelloped’, ‘langued’, ‘membered’ and ‘tincture’).

Flag of Forel, Switzerland (fotw); Flag of Gävleborg, Sweden (fotw); Flag of Espadanedo, Portugal (fotw)
ATTRIBUTED ARMS: The heraldic term for that coat of arms which was assigned to a person whose lifetime predated the introduction of heraldic symbolism, or for whom there is no evidence that any such arms were either granted or assumed (see also ‘attributed flag’).

Attributed Arms of King Edward the Confessor 1042 – 1066, England (fotw)
ATTRIBUTED FLAG: The term for a flag, or the illustration of such a flag, that is attributed to a particular historical person or entity, but for which no real evidence of actual use exists (see also ‘attributed arms’, ‘putative flag’, ‘reconstruction’ and ‘suppositious flag’).

Attributed Flag of Macedonia 1921 – 1923 (Macedonian Documents)

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