Dictionary of Vexillology: K (Kernelled - Kommandowimpel)

Last modified: 2012-05-21 by rob raeside
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• KERNELLED
• KHANDA
• KENT VANE-FLY
• KING’S COLOUR (or COLOR)
• KLEESTENGEL (or KLEESTENGELN)
• KNATTERFLAGGE (or KNATTERFAHNE)
• KNIGHT BACHELOR
• KNIGHT BANNERET
• KOMMANDOWIMPEL

KERNELLED

See ‘embattled’.

Flag of La Solana, Spain (fotw)

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KHANDA

A blue emblem, usually on a triangular pennant with saffron field and symbolic of the Sikh religion (see also ‘pennant 2’ and ‘religious flag’).

The Khanda of the Sikhs (fotw)

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KENT VANE-FLY

See ‘bob’.

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KING’S COLOUR (or COLOR)

See ‘colour 2)’ and ‘colours 2)’.

King’s Colour of The Barcelona Regiment 1810, Spain (fotw)

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KLEESTENGEL (or KLEESTENGELN)

See ‘cloverstem(s)’.

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KNATTERFLAGGE (or KNATTERFAHNE)

See ‘vertically hoisted flag’.

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KNIGHT BACHELOR

1) In current UK usage, a title given when the recipient receives a knighthood that is not attached to any specific Order of Chivalry.

2) In English usage, now obsolete, see ‘pennoncier’.

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KNIGHT BANNERET

See ‘banneret 2)’.

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KOMMANDOWIMPEL

See ‘masthead pennant 1)’.

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