What is Defacement (flag)?
{{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | width1 = 150 | alt1 = | caption1 = The British [[Blue Ensign]] | image2 = Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg | width2 = 150 | alt2 = | caption2 = The [[flag of New Zealand]], a defaced British Blue Ensign | footer = }} The [[flag of New Zealand]], a defaced British Blue Ensign. In [[vexillology]], '''defacement''' is the addition of a symbol or [[Charge (heraldry)|charge]] to a flag.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/flagsthroughages00smit|title=Flags: Through the Ages and Around the World|last=Smith|first=Whitney|publisher=McGraw Hill|year=1975|isbn=0-07-059093-1|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/flagsthroughages00smit/page/13/mode/2up 14]|quote=DEFACE: To add a BADGE to an existing flag|author-link=Whitney Smith|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://flagspot.net/flags/vxt-dv-d.html#deface|title=Deface|work=Dictionary of Vexillology|publisher=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Information/dictionary/index.html#D|title=Deface|work=Illustrated Dictionary of Vexillological Terms|publisher=North American Vexillological Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301211311/http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Information/dictionary/index.html|archivedate=2012-03-01}}</ref> For example, the [[Flag of New Zealand|New Zealand flag]] is the British [[Blue Ensign]] defaced with a [[Crux|Southern Cross]] in the [[Glossary of vexillology|fly]]. == References == <references /> [[Category:Heraldry]]