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THE FLAGS OF THE WORLD:

Their History, Blazonry, and Associations.

From the Banner of the Crusader to the Burgee of the Yachtsman;
Flags National, Colonial, Personal;
the Ensigns of Mighty Empires;
the Symbols of Lost Causes.

by

F. EDWARD HULME, F.L.S., F.S.A.,

Author of
"Familiar Wild Flowers," "History, Principles and Practice of Heraldry,"
"Birth and Development of Ornament," &c., &c.







London:
Frederick Warne & Co.,
and New York
[All rights reserved.]



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TABLE OF CONTENTS.



CHAPTER I.

The necessity of some special Sign to distinguish Individuals, Tribes, and
Nations--the Standards of Antiquity--Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek,
and Roman--the Vexillum--the Labarum of Constantine