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Dictionary of Vexillology: C (Cinquefoil - Civil Sash)

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CINQUEFOIL (CINQFOIL or CINQUE-FOYLE)
CIPHER
CITATION FLAG (or PENNANT)
CITY ARMS (or COAT OF ARMS)
CITY FLAG
CIVIC ARMS
CIVIC BANNER
CIVIC CROWN
CIVIC FLAG
CIVIL AIR (or AVIATION) ENSIGN (or FLAG)
CIVIL ENSIGN
CIVIL FLAG
CIVIL JACK
CIVIL SASH

CINQUEFOIL (CINQFOIL or CINQUE-FOYLE)

The heraldic term for a charge in the form of a stylized flower having five leaves and often (but not invariably) pierced in the centre – a quinterfoil or quintefeuille (see also ‘quatrefoil’ and ‘trefoil’).

from left: cinquefoil example; Flag of Aetigkofen, Switzerland (fotw); Flag of Hamilton, Canada (fotw); Flag of Ardooie, Belgium (fotw)

CIPHER

See ‘royal cypher 1)’ and ‘monogram’.

Cipher of HSH Prince Rainier III 1923 – 2005, Monaco (fotw)

CITATION FLAG (or PENNANT)

See ‘award flag’.

Presidential Unit Citation Pennant, US (fotw)

CITY ARMS (or COAT OF ARMS)

See ‘civic arms 1)’.

Arms of the City of London, UK (Wikipedia);

CITY FLAG

See ‘civic flag 1)’.

Arms of the City of London, UK (fotw);

CIVIC ARMS

1) The coat of arms or full set of armorial bearings of a municipality or urban area – municipal or city arms (see also ‘armorial bearings’, ‘civic flag 1)’ and ‘coat of arms 2)’).

2) In UK usage and in some others, as above but also the arms or full set of armorial bearings of a sub-national county – the county arms (see also ‘civic flag 2)’).

3) The term can also be applied to the emblems of sub-national entities that are not coats of arms or full sets of armorial bearings as defined herein (see also ‘anti-heraldry’ and ‘emblem’).

Arms of Amvrosiivka, Ukraine (fotw); Arms of Plitvička jezera, Croatia (fotw); Arms of Barrancos, Portugal (ICH); Arms of Ludwigslust, Germany (fotw); Arms of Northumberland County, UK (Internet Business Directory)

CIVIC BANNER

1) See ‘banner 3)’.

2) A term that may be used when the flag of a municipality or urban area is a banner of arms – see ’civic flag’ (also ‘banner of arms’).

Flag and Arms of Davle, Czech Republic (fotw)

CIVIC CROWN

1) The heraldic term for a closed garland or chaplet composed of oak leaves and acorns (see also ‘crown triumphal’ and ‘garland’).

2) See ‘mural crown 1)’.

A Heraldic Civic Crown (Parker)

CIVIC FLAG

1) The flag of a municipality or urban area – a municipal flag or city flag (see also ‘banner 4)’ and ‘civic arms 1)’).

2) In UK usage and in some others, as above but also the sub-national flag of a county (see also ‘sub-national flag’ and ‘civic arms 2)’).

3) See ‘civil flag’.

Flag of Barrancos, Portugal (fotw); Flag of Ludwigslust, Germany (fotw); Flag of Bohuňovice, Czech Republic (fotw); Flag of Cheshire, UK (fotw)

CIVIL AIR (or AVIATION) ENSIGN (or FLAG)

That flag flown at civilian airports, landing fields and by civil air authorities (see also ‘royal air mail pennant’).

Please note that in British use (and in that of some Commonwealth countries) such a flag is called a civil air ensign (see also ‘air mail flag’).

From left: Civil Air Ensign, UK (fotw); Civil Air Ensign, Pakistan (fotw); Civil Air Ensign, Ghana (fotw); Civil Air Ensign, Zambia (fotw); Civil Air Flag, Poland 1930–32 (fotw)

CIVIL ENSIGN

See under ‘ensign’.

Civil Ensign of Albania (fotw); Civil Ensign of The Bahamas (fotw); Civil Ensign of Luxembourg (fotw)

CIVIL FLAG

The version of a national or provincial flag that is for use by private citizens on land (see also ‘national flag’, ‘official flag 2)’, ‘state flag’, ‘civil ensign’ under ‘ensign’ and ‘sub-national flag’ with following notes).

From left: Civil Flag and National Flag of Guatemala (fotw); Civil Flag and Official Flag of The Canary Islands, Spain (fotw)

CIVIL JACK

See under ‘jack’.

Civil Jack of The Bahamas (fotw)

CIVIL SASH

See ‘sash 1)’.

Civic Sash of France

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