Defacement (flag)

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Defacement (flag)

Defacement is a term used in heraldry

Heraldry

Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of devising, granting, and blazoning Coat of arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms....
and vexillology

Vexillology

Vexillology is the scholarly study of flags. The word is a synthesis of the Latin word vexillum and the suffix -logy, meaning "study of"....
to refer to the addition of a symbol or charge

Charge (heraldry)

In heraldry and vexillology, a charge is an image occupying the field on an Escutcheon . Charge can also be a verb; for example, if an escutcheon bears three Lion s, then it is said to be charged with three lions. It is important to distinguish between divisions of the field and charges, and to note that charges can themselves be c...
to another flag. For example, the Australian flag

Flag of Australia

File:Flag of Australia.svgFile:Australianflagatnewport.JPGThe flag of Australia was chosen in 1901 from entries in a worldwide design competition held following Federation of Australia....
is the British Blue Ensign

Blue Ensign

File:Commandant Ducuing 061030-N-5555T-017.jpgThe Blue Ensign is a flag, one of several British ensigns, used by certain organisations or territories associated with the United Kingdom....
defaced with the Southern Cross

Crux

Crux is the List of constellations by area of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped Asterism and is commonly known as the Southern Cross because it is today visible only from the southern hemisphere, although it was visible near the horizon...
in the fly

Flag terminology

The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings, and is hence a form of jargon....
and the Commonwealth Star

Commonwealth Star

The Commonwealth Star is a seven-pointed star symbolising the Federation of Australia which came into force on 1 January 1901.Six points of the Star represent the six States and territories of Australia of the Australia, while the seventh point represents the territories and any future states....
in the lower hoist quarter, beneath the Union Flag

Union Flag

The Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is the national Flag of the United Kingdom. Historically, the flag was used throughout the former British Empire....
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While the term "deface" has negative connotations in general usage, the term "defacement" in the context of vexillology does not imply any insult; the symbol simply indicates differentiation of the flag from that of another owner.

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