FIAV Flag Information Symbols (original) (raw)
The symbols were adopted by FIAV in the early 1970's as the standards to use when describing flag usage by "shorthand". The complete listing of those symbols adopted are as listed in Smith's 1975 and 1980 books.
David Martcuci, 07 July 1997
The sixty-four grids for representing a flag are based upon the general usage of the flag. The first row represents land use, the second sea use, each divided into Civil (private), Nation (state/government) and Military use (war flag).
| Private Use | Public Use | Military Use | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Use | Civil Flag | State Flag | War Flag |
| Sea Use | Civil Ensign | State Ensign | War Ensign |
The 64 grids follow:
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No attributes selected |  |
Civil flag |
|---|---|---|---|
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War ensign |  |
Civil flag/war ensign |
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State ensign |  |
Civil flag and state ensign |
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State and war ensign |  |
Civil flag, state and war ensign |
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Civil ensign |  |
Civil flag and ensign |
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Civil ensign and war flag |  |
Civil flag/ensign and war ensign |
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Civil and state ensign |  |
Civil flag and ensign, state ensign |
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National ensign |  |
Civil flag and national ensign |
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War flag |  |
Civil and war flag |
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War flag and ensign |  |
Civil flag and war flag and ensign |
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War flag and state ensign |  |
Civil and war flag and state ensign |
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War flag and state and war ensign |  |
Civil and war flag, state and war ensign |
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War flag and civil ensign |  |
Civil and war flag and civil ensign |
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War flag and civil and war ensign |  |
Civil and war flags and ensigns |
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War flag and civil and state ensign |  |
Civil and war flag and civil and state ensign |
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War flag and national ensign |  |
Civil and war flag and national ensign |
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State flag |  |
Civil and state flag |
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State flag and war ensign |  |
Civil and state flag and war ensign |
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State flag and ensign |  |
Civil/State flag and state ensign |
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State flag and state and war ensign |  |
Civil and state flag, state and war ensign |
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State flag and civil ensign |  |
Civil and state flag and civil ensign |
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State flag and civil and war ensign |  |
Civil and state flag, civil and war ensign |
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State flag and state/civil ensign |  |
Civil and state flags and ensigns |
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State flag and national ensign |  |
Civil and state flag and national ensign |
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State and war flag |  |
National flag on land |
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State flag and war flag and ensign |  |
National flag and war ensign |
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State flag and ensign and war flag |  |
National flag and state ensign |
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State/War flag and ensign |  |
National flag, state and war ensign |
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State/War flag and civil ensign |  |
National flag and civil ensign |
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State/War flag and civil and war ensign |  |
National flag and civil and war ensign |
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State and war flag, civil and state ensign |  |
National flag and civil and state ensign |
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State and war flag and national ensign |  |
National flag and ensign |
by Ant�nio Martins
In the above, the use of the word "state" is to imply the nation; however, when all three elements of a row are identified in use for a particular flag, the use will be identified as "National". [Ed.]