- century, "
ensign" was
corrupted into "ancient", and was used in the two
senses of a
banner and the
bearer of the banner. Today, the term "
ensign" is still...
- A standard-
bearer, also
known as a colour-
bearer or flag-
bearer, is a
person who
bears an
emblem known as a
standard or
military colours, i.e.
either a...
- Standard-
bearer (Polish: Chorąży [xɔˈrɔ̃ʐɨ];
Russian and Ukrainian: хорунжий, khorunzhiy; Lithuanian: chorunžis; Belarusian: харунжы, romanized: kharunzhy)...
- The
Canadian Red
Ensign (French: Red
Ensign canadien)
served as a
nautical flag and
civil ensign for
Canada from 1892 to 1965, and
later as the de facto...
-
extant Battle of
Britain squadron that is
currently operational. The
Ensign Bearer always wears the
Monypenny Sword, a gift of the
widow of
Squadron Leader...
- prestigious, and the
military colour is
generally carried by a
young officer (
ensign),
while experienced non-commissioned
officers (colour sergeants) are ****igned...
-
There was also a
naval ensign which had a red and
green border and a
civil ensign which looked the same as the
naval ensign but
without the lion and...
-
Alexandros Soutzos, John
George Caradja used
coats of arms and
flags or
ensigns in blue,
yellow or red.
Contemporary descriptions and
later reconstructions...
- and also to cross-
bearers in
church processions. From the
conquered Dacians, the
Romans in Trajan's time
borrowed the
dragon ensign which became the standard...
-
standard of a
Roman legion. A
legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle-
bearer",
carried this standard. Each
legion carried one eagle. The
eagle had quasi-religious...
