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A civil flag is a version of the national flag
National flag

File:dannebrog.jpgA national flag is a flag that symbolises a country. The flag is flown by the government, but usually can be flown by citizens of that country as well....
 that is flown by civilians on non-government installations or craft. The use of civil flags was more common in the past, in order to denote buildings or ships that were not manned by the military.

In some countries the civil flag is the same as the war flag
War flag

A war flag is a variant of a national flag for use by the nation's military forces on land. Under this strict sense of the term, few nations currently have war flags, most preferring to use instead their state flag or standard national flag for this purpose....
 or state flag
State flag

There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in vexillology ? the flag of state of a government, and the flag of an individual State ....
, but without the coat of arms, such as in the case of Spain
Flag of Spain

File:Bandera pza Colon.jpgThe flag of Spain , as it is defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe....
, and in others it is an alteration of the war flag. In Scandinavia, state and war flags can be double and triple-tailed variants of the Nordic Cross flag
Nordic Cross Flag

The Nordic Cross Flag, Nordic Cross or Scandinavian Cross is a pattern of flags usually associated with the flags of the Scandinavian countries of which it originated....
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A civil flag is a version of the national flag
National flag

File:dannebrog.jpgA national flag is a flag that symbolises a country. The flag is flown by the government, but usually can be flown by citizens of that country as well....
 that is flown by civilians on non-government installations or craft. The use of civil flags was more common in the past, in order to denote buildings or ships that were not manned by the military.

In some countries the civil flag is the same as the war flag
War flag

A war flag is a variant of a national flag for use by the nation's military forces on land. Under this strict sense of the term, few nations currently have war flags, most preferring to use instead their state flag or standard national flag for this purpose....
 or state flag
State flag

There are two separate meanings for the term state flag in vexillology ? the flag of state of a government, and the flag of an individual State ....
, but without the coat of arms, such as in the case of Spain
Flag of Spain

File:Bandera pza Colon.jpgThe flag of Spain , as it is defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe....
, and in others it is an alteration of the war flag. In Scandinavia, state and war flags can be double and triple-tailed variants of the Nordic Cross flag
Nordic Cross Flag

The Nordic Cross Flag, Nordic Cross or Scandinavian Cross is a pattern of flags usually associated with the flags of the Scandinavian countries of which it originated....
. Many countries, particularly those with a British heritage, still have distinctive civil flags (technically civil ensign
Ensign

An ensign is a distinguishing flag of a ship or a military unit; or a distinguishing token, emblem, or badge, such as a symbol of office. The word has also given rise to the military Ensign , a rank of junior officer once responsible for bearing the ensign of his unit....
s) for use at sea, many based on the British Red ensign
Red Ensign

The Red Ensign or "Red Duster" is a flag that originated in the early 17th century as a British ensign flown by the Royal Navy and later specifically by British merchantmen....
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