Appenzell Ausserrhoden half canton (Switzerland)

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• Alternate design
• Flaggen, Knatterfahnen, and livery colours

See also:

• Switzerland
• Communes of the Appenzell Ausserrhoden half-canton
• Appenzell canton
• Appenzell Innerrhoden half canton

  by António Martins

Angst (1992), "A Panoply of Colours: The Cantonal Banners of Switzerland and the Swiss National Flag" shows the V in the lower half of the flag and the R in the upper; the head of the V on an imaginary center line and the R resting on the base of this center line.

Phil Nelson, 14 October 1998

Flaggen, Knatterfahnen and Livery Colours

Flaggen are vertically hoisted from a crossbar in the manner of gonfanon, in ratio of about 2:9, with a swallowtail that indents about 2 units. The chief, or hoist (square part) usually incorporates the design from the coat of arms - not from the flag. The fly part is always divided lengthwise, usually in a bicolour, triband or tricolour pattern (except Schwyz which is monocolour, and Glarus which has four stripes of unequal width). The colours chosen for the fly end are usually the main colours of the coat of arms, but the choice is not always straight forward.

Knatterfahnen are similar to Flaggen, but hoisted from the long side and have no swallow tail. They normally show the national, cantonal or communal flag in their chiefs.

Željko Heimer, 16 July 2000