Banner of arms

A banner of arms is a type of heraldic flag, characterised by sharing its imagery with that of the coat of arms (i.e. the shield of a full heraldic achievement, rendered in a square or rectangular shape of the flag).^[1]

The term is derived from the terminology of heraldry but mostly used in vexillology. Examples of modern national flags which are banners of arms are the flags of Austria, Iraq, and Switzerland.

The banner of arms is sometimes simply called a banner, but a banner is in a more strict sense a one of a kind personal flag of a nobleman held in battle.^[2][3]

Examples

National / state flags

Country	Flag	Coat of arms from which the flag is derived or vice versa
Australia
	King's Flag for Australia	Coat of arms of Australia
Austria
	Flag of Austria	Coat of arms of Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burkina Faso
	Flag of Burkina Faso	Coat of arms of Burkina Faso
Canada
	Royal Standard of Canada	Royal Coat of arms of Canada
Croatia
	Flag of Croatia (early 16th century)	Coat of arms of Croatia
Czech Republic
	War Flag of the Czech Republic	Coat of arms of the Czech Republic
Denmark
	Royal Banner of Denmark (14th century)	Coat of arms of Denmark
Finland
	Temporary state flag (December 1917 – May 1918)	Coat of arms of Finland
Gabon
	Presidential Standard (1960–1990)	Coat of arms of Gabon
Greece
	Flag of Greece (historical)	Coat of arms of Greece
Hungary
	Flag of Hungary	Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990)
Iraq
	Flag of Iraq	Coat of arms of Iraq
Ireland
	Presidential Standard of Ireland	Coat of arms of Ireland
Israel
	Presidential standard of Israel	Coat of arms of Israel
Kiribati
	Flag of Kiribati	Coat of arms of Kiribati
Kosovo
	Flag of Kosovo	Coat of arms of Kosovo
Lithuania
	Flag of Lithuania (state)	Coat of arms of Lithuania
Luxembourg
	Flag of Luxembourg for use at sea and in air	Lesser coat of arms of Luxembourg
Malta
	Flag of Malta	Coat of arms of Malta
Monaco
	Flag of Monaco (alternative)	Coat of arms of Monaco
Morocco
	Flag of Morocco	Coat of arms of Morocco (French protectorate)
Namibia
	Flag of Namibia	Coat of arms of Namibia
New Zealand
	Coronation Standard of New Zealand	Coat of arms of New Zealand
North Macedonia
	Flag of North Macedonia	Coat of arms of the President of North Macedonia
Norway
	Royal Standard of Norway	Coat of arms of Norway
Poland
	Presidential jack of Poland	Coat of arms of Poland
Portugal
	Flag of Portugal (heraldic and historical)
	Royal standard of King Pedro IV (historical)	Coat of arms of Portugal
Serbia
	Banner of arms of Serbia	Coat of arms of Serbia
Slovakia
	Presidential Standard of Slovakia	Coat of arms of Slovakia
Somalia
	Flag of Somalia	Coat of arms of Somalia
Sweden
	Royal Standard of Sweden (The King's personal)	Coat of arms of Sweden
Switzerland
	Flag of Switzerland	Coat of arms of Switzerland
Tonga
	Royal Standard of Tonga	Coat of arms of Tonga
United Arab Emirates
	Flag of the United Arab Emirates	Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
	Royal Standard of the United Kingdom	Coat of arms of the United Kingdom
	Royal Standard of the United Kingdom for use in Scotland	Coat of arms of the United Kingdom for use in Scotland

Provincial flags

Subdivision	Flag	Coat of arms from which the flag is derived or vice versa
Anguilla
	Flag of Anguilla (1967-1969)	Coat of arms of Anguilla
Aquitaine
	Flag of Aquitaine	Coat of arms of Aquitaine
Alsace
	Flag of Alsace	Coat of arms of Alsace
Astrakhan Oblast
	Flag of Astrakhan Oblast	Coat of arms of Astrakhan Oblast
Bavaria
	Flag of Bavaria (alternative)	Coat of arms of Bavaria
British Columbia
	Flag of British Columbia	Coat of arms of British Columbia
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
	Flag of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	Coat of arms of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Castile and León
	Flag of Castile and León	Coat of arms of Castile and León
Castile-La Mancha
	Flag of Castile-La Mancha	Coat of arms of Castile–La Mancha
Colorado
	Flag of Colorado (1907-1911)	Seal of Colorado
Corsica
	Flag of Corsica	Coat of arms of Corsica
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
	Flag of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Coat of arms of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
England
	Royal Banner of England	Royal Arms of England
Flanders
	Flag of Flanders	Coat of arms of Flanders
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
	Flag of Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Coat of arms of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Gibraltar
	Flag of Gibraltar	Coat of arms of Gibraltar
Hong Kong
	Flag of Hong Kong	Emblem of Hong Kong
Kedah
	Flag of Kedah	Coat of arms of Kedah
Lipetsk Oblast
	Flag of Lipetsk Oblast	Coat of arms of Lipetsk Oblast
Macau
	Flag of Macau	Emblem of Macau
Madeira
	Flag of Madeira	Coat of arms of Madeira
Maryland
	Flag of Maryland	Coat of arms of Maryland
Meru
	Flag of Meru County	Coat of arms of Meru County
Midi-Pyrénées (Occitania, Languedoc)
	Flag of Midi-Pyrénées	Coat of arms of Midi-Pyrénées
Moravian-Silesian Region (Moravia, Silesia)
	Flag of Moravian-Silesian Region	Coat of arms of Moravian-Silesian Region
Murcia (Region)
	Flag of Region of Murcia	Coat of arms of Region of Murcia
Navarre
	Flag of Navarre (historical)	Coat of arms of Navarre
New Brunswick
	Flag of New Brunswick	Coat of arms of New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
	Flag of Nova Scotia	Coat of arms of Nova Scotia
Pará
	Flag of Pará	Coat of arms of Pará
Picardy
	Flag of Picardy	Coat of arms of Picardy
Pomeranian Voivodeship
	Flag of Pomeranian Voivodeship	Coat of arms of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Prince Edward Island
	Flag of Prince Edward Island	Coat of arms of Prince Edward Island
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
	Flag of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Coat of arms of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sarawak
	Flag of Sarawak	Coat of arms of Sarawak
Sardinia
	Flag of Sardinia	Coat of arms of Sardinia
Savoy
	Flag of Savoy	Coat of arms of Savoy
Scania
	Flag of Scania	Coat of arms of Scania
Scotland
	Royal Standard of Scotland	Royal coat of arms of Scotland
Sicily
	Flag of Sicily	Coat of arms of Sicily
Ternopil Oblast
	Flag of Ternopil Oblast	Coat of arms of Ternopil Oblast
Tula Oblast
	Flag of Tula Oblast	Coat of arms of Tula Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast
	Flag of Ulyanovsk Oblast	Coat of arms of Ulyanovsk Oblast
Voronezh Oblast
	Flag of Voronezh Oblast	Coat of arms of Voronezh Oblast
Wales
	Flag of Wales	The 1953 Royal Badge of Wales
Wallonia
	Flag of Wallonia	Coat of arms of Wallonia
Washington D.C.
	Flag of Washington, D.C.	Coat of arms of the Washington family
Yaroslavl Oblast
	Flag of Yaroslavl Oblast	Coat of arms of Yaroslavl Oblast
Zürich (canton)
	Flag of Zürich	Coat of arms of Zürich

County flags

Cheshire
	Flag of Cheshire	Coat of arms of Cheshire
Essex
	Flag of Essex	Coat of arms of Essex
Jönköping County
	Flag of Jönköping County	Coat of arms of Jönköping County
Kalmar County
	Flag of Kalmar County	Coat of arms of Kalmar County
Kent
	Flag of Kent	Coat of arms of Kent
Kronoberg County
	Flag of Kronoberg County	Coat of arms of Kronoberg County
Northumberland
	Flag of Northumberland	Coat of arms of Northumberland
Przemyśl County
	Flag of Przemyśl County	Coat of arms of Przemyśl County
Sussex
	Flag of Sussex	Coat of arms of Sussex
Vestfold og Telemark
	Flag of Vestfold and Telemark	Coat of arms of Vestfold and Telemark
Vilnius County
	Flag of Vilnius County	Coat of arms of Vilnius County
Warwickshire
	Flag of Warwickshire	Coat of arms of Warwickshire

City flags

City	Flag	Coat of arms from which the flag is derived or vice versa
Aberdeen
	Flag of Aberdeen	Coat of arms of Aberdeen
Barcelona
	Flag of Barcelona	Coat of arms of Barcelona
Bari
	Flag of Bari	Coat of arms of Bari
Belfast
	Flag of Belfast	Coat of arms of Belfast
Belgrade
	Flag of Belgrade	Coat of arms of Belgrade
Bodø
	Flag of Bodø	Coat of arms of Bodø
Brno
	Flag of Brno	Coat of arms of Brno
Durham
	Flag of Durham	Coat of arms of Durham
Dundee
	Flag of Dundee	Coat of arms of Dundee
Edinburgh
	Flag of Edinburgh	Coat of arms of Edinburgh
Florence
	Flag of Florence	Coat of arms of Florence
Freiburg im Breisgau
	Flag of Freiburg im Breisgau	Coat of arms of Freiburg im Breisgau
Gdańsk
	Flag of Gdańsk	Coat of arms of Gdańsk
Hamburg
	Flag of Hamburg	Coat of arms of Hamburg
Helsinki
	Flag of Helsinki	Coat of arms of Helsinki
João Pessoa
	Flag of João Pessoa	Coat of arms of João Pessoa
Kaliningrad
	Flag of Kaliningrad	Coat of arms of Kaliningrad
Kremenchuk
	Flag of Kremenchuk	Coat of arms of Kremenchuk
Leicester
	Flag of Leicester	Coat of arms of Leicester
Lincoln
	Flag of Lincoln	Coat of arms of Lincoln
City of London
	Flag of the City of London	Coat of arms of the City of London
Lyon
	Flag of Lyon	Coat of arms of Lyon
Marseille
	Flag of Marseille	Coat of arms of Marseille
Milan
	Flag of Milan	Coat of arms of Milan
Montreal
	Flag of Montreal	Coat of arms of Montreal
Moscow
	Flag of Moscow	Coat of arms of Moscow
Naples
	Flag of Naples	Coat of arms of Naples
Pisa
	Flag of Pisa	Coat of arms of Pisa
Portsmouth
	Flag of Portsmouth	Coat of arms of Portsmouth
Przemyśl
	Flag of Przemyśl	Coat of arms of Przemyśl
Saint Petersburg
	Flag of Saint Petersburg	Coat of arms of Saint Petersburg
Salvador
	Flag of Salvador	Coat of arms of Salvador
St Albans
	Flag of St Albans	Coat of arms of St Albans
Strasbourg
	Flag of Strasbourg	Coat of arms of Strasbourg
Stockholm
	Flag of Stockholm	Coat of arms of Stockholm
Verona
	Flag of Verona	Coat of arms of Verona
York
	Flag of York	Coat of arms of York
Zaragoza
	Flag of Zaragoza	Coat of arms of Zaragoza

Organization flags

Organization	Flag	Coat of arms from which the flag is derived or vice versa
European Union
	European flag	Coat of arms of the chairman of the European Union Military Committee
Estonian Defense Forces
	Flag of the Estonian Defense Forces	Coat of arms of Estonia
Italian Navy
	Jack of the Italian Navy	Coat of arms of the Italian Navy
Spanish Navy
	Jack of the Spanish Navy	Coat of arms of Spain
Latvian Naval Forces
	Ensign of the Latvian Naval Forces	Coat of arms of the Latvian Naval Forces
Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy
	Jack of the Republic of China Navy[a]	National Emblem of the Republic of China
Ukrainian Navy
	Naval Jack of Ukraine (1992)	Coat of arms of Ukraine

Notes

1. Also flag of Kuomintang.