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Mascylla
New flag of Mascylla.png
NameReichsflagge, Reichshandelsflagge
UseCivil and state flag, civil ensign
Proportion1:2
Adopted1924
DesignA horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and gold, and a depiction of the national crown with the antler of a deer in the canton
War flag Mascylla.png
Variant flag of Mascylla
NameReichsdienstflagge, Kriegsflagge
UseState ensign, war flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted1931
DesignA horizontal tricolour of a lighter blue, white, and gold, and a depiction of a blue lion on a golden field in the canton
Ensign Mascylla.png
Variant flag of Mascylla
NameDienstflagge der See- und Luftstreitkräfte der Reichswehr
UseNaval ensign, naval jack, fin flash
Proportion1:2
Adopted1924
DesignA swallowtail of the ensign without an addition in the canton

The flag of Mascylla or Mascyllary flag (Hesurian: Maskillische Flagge [maski:lɪʃə fla:ggə]), often referred to as the Three Bands Flag (Hesurian: Dreibandflagge [dʁaɪ̯bantfla:ggə]), is a tricolour flag consisting of three horizontal equally-sized bands displaying the national colours of Mascylla: blue, white, and gold (Hesurian: Blau-Weiß-Gold). The flag was first adopted as the national flag of modern Mascylla after the Mascyllary Revolution, though its main design has been largely attributed to the nation's earlier flag of the Mascyllary Kingdom, excluding a brief interruption in 1923.

While the meaning of the main colours of the flag are not exclusively explained in the any government document, a symbolism was slowly attributed to them. Blue is the traditional color of Aldia as the dirivng force of Mascyllary unification, while they also depict the oceans and rivers. White stands for the purity of the monarchy and its political intent, the people, and the state, and gold, which depicts the colour of the crown and the main colour of the House of Ahnern, which currently rules Mascylla through its sovereign Dorothea I.

Another version which has been widely accepted is that the blue stands for the Elbgau Confederacy, which victoriously fought of Adwhin in the War of the Five Kings to unite Mascylla, hence the smaller and lower stripes of gold and white. However, historians agree upon that King Lukas I personally drafted the earliest version of the flag in the final peace negotiations in Langquaid in 1793. It has since been used as the Mascyllary flag, with a brief interruption of a reversed version of the same colours for the provisional May Republic, which has been used since 1923 until today.

Design and decoration

At the time of the adoption of the flag there were no exact colour specifications other than "the colours of blue, white, and gold", as per Article 15 of the Constitution. However, on 11 May 1993, the High Cout of the Realm introduced a corporate design for the government of Mascylla which defined the specifications of the official colors as the following; the flag's design is formally blazoned as: "Tierced in fess azure, argent and or." As with the design, colours of the flag are only codified and required if produced or used in official capacity by the Mascyllary government. Consequently, other colours can be used for mass-produced versions and reproductions of the flag, and private practice tends to use more saturated colours.

Additionally, the flag may also be decorated with adequate and non-defacing additions, in most cases with golden fringe or trimming. The ceremonial display of the Mascyllary flag includes the use of these enhanced flag versions, particularly in parades, posts and places of honour indoors, and colour guards; all service branches of the Mascyllary Reichswehr use fringed national flags for parades or colour guards, while such additions to a reproduced privately used flag are forbidden.

Colour scheme Blue White Gold
RAL 5026
Denim blue
9010
White
1004
Golden yellow
HKS 2.3G 2.9/1.8 1, 1, 1 1.5Y 2.9/1.1
CMYK 50.0.2.73 0.0.0.0 0.0.90.14
Pantone 1432 White 5442*
Web color #131E3A #FFFFFF #E29D12
Decimal RGB 16,21,298 0,0,0 11,182,63

History, display and use

List of Mascyllary flags

National flags

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
New flag of Mascylla.png Flag of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla
Flagge der Gekrönten Republik Maskillien
1924 on National flag and civil ensign of Mascylla A horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and gold, proportioned 1:2
Vertical flag of Mascylla.png
War flag Mascylla.png War Ensign of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla
Kriegsflagge und Reichsdienstflagge der Gekrönten Republik Maskillien
1928 on Ensign and war flag of Mascylla, only permitted for use by the national authorities Two horizontal fields of a lighter blue, white, and a lighter gold, with a blue lion a yellow field in the upper left fly, proportioned 2:3

Ensigns

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
Ensign Mascylla.png Naval and Air Service Flag and Jack of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla
Seedienstflagge der See- und Luftstreitkräfte und Gösch der Gekrönten Republik Maskillien
12 July 1797 Naval ensign, jack, Navy flag, and fin flash, used on ceremonial military holidays, state visits, and flown together with other flags of armed forces branches Swallow-tailed variant of the war ensign without the addition in the canton, proportioned 16:9
Pennant Mascylla.png Pennant
Breitwimpel
4 October 1802 Pennant, used on newly commissioned naval vessels and ships commanded by a navy officer Pennant of white, with a blue lion on a yellow field
Ceremonial flag Mascyllary Army.png Flag of the Royal Army
Flagge des königlichen Heeres
11 April 1925 Flag of the Mascyllary Army, used on ceremonial military holidays, state visits, and flown together with other flags of armed forces branches Plain red flag defaced with the Army's crest, proportioned 10:21
Air Force Ensign Mascylla.png Flag of the Royal Air Force
Flagge des königlichen Luftheeres
26 March 1955 Flag of the Mascyllary Air Force, used on ceremonial military holidays, state visits, and flown together with other flags of armed forces branches Horizontal tricolour of Mascylla in vertical shape on a light blue field, with the Air Force roundel in the light blue section, proportioned 1:2

Inter-service branch ensigns

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
Flag of the Chief of the Mascyllary General Defence Staff.png Flag of the Chief of the Mascyllary General Defence Staff
Flagge des Vorsitzenden des Maskillischen Allgemeinen Verteidigungsstabes
4 November 1966 Used on land and on naval vessels when the Chief of the General Defence Staff is present A gold-white quartered flag with a blue border emblazoned with the General Defence Staff's crest, proportioned 1:1
Flag of the Mascyllary Counsellor of Defense.png Flag of the Counsellor of Defense
Flagge des Verteidigungskonsuls
1925 Used on land and naval vessels when the Counsellor of Defense is present A gold-blue quartered flag with a white border emblazoned with the badge of Mascylla, proportioned 1:1

Army rank flags

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
Flag of the Mascyllary Field Marshal.png Flag of the General Field Marshal of the Royal Army
Flagge des Generalfeldmarschalls des königlichen Heeres
1902 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the General Field Marshal is present A gold flag with a red border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross, proportioned 1:1
Flag of the Mascyllary Colonel of the Regiment of the Army.png Flag of the Colonel of the Regiment of the Royal Army
Flagge des Obersts des königlichen Heeresregiments
1902 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the Colonel of the Regiment of the Army is present A white flag with a red border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross and the crest of the Army Supreme Command (Oberkommando des königlichen Heeres), proportioned 1:1
Flag of the Mascyllary Vice Colonel of the Regiment of the Army.png Flag of the Vice Colonel of the Regiment of the Royal Army
Flagge des stellvertretenden Obersts des königlichen Heeresregiments
1902 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the Vice Colonel of the Regiment of the Army is present A white flag with a red border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross and the crest of the Army Supreme Command in the upper left corner, proportioned 1:1

Air Force rank flags

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
Flag of the Mascyllary Air Force Field Marshal.png Flag of the General Field Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Flagge des Generalfeldmarschalls des königlichen Luftheeres
1928 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the General Field Marshal is present A gold flag with a light blue border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross, proportioned 1:1
Flag of the Mascyllary Colonel of the Regiment of the Air Force.png Flag of the Colonel of the Regiment of the Royal Air Force
Flagge des Obersts des königlichen Luftheeresregiments
1928 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the Colonel of the Regiment of the Air Force is present A white flag with a light blue border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross and the crest of the Air Force Supreme Command (Oberkommando des königlichen Luftheeres), proportioned 1:1
Flag of the Mascyllary Vice Colonel of the Regiment of the Air Force.png Flag of the Vice Colonel of the Regiment of the Royal Air Force
Flagge des stellvertretenden Obersts des königlichen Luftheeresregiments
1928 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the Vice Colonel of the Regiment of the Air Force is present A white flag with a light blue border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross and a golden five-pointed star in the upper left corner, proportioned 1:1

Naval rank flags

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
Queen's Standard for the Mascyllary Navy.png Queen's Color for the Royal War Navy
Königinnenfarbe der königlichen Kriegsmarine
2005 on Used on naval vessels when the Monarch is present, at their sole discretion and pleasure Mascyllary naval jack with Dorothy I's royal cypher in its left corner, proportioned 3:4
Naval rank flag of High Admiral Mascylla.png Flag of the High Admiral of the Royal War Navy
Flagge des Hochadmirals der königlichen Kriegsmarine
1956 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the High Admiral is present A white flag with a dark blue border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross, proportioned 1:1. In contrast of the standards of the Field Marshals of the Army and Air Force, it does not feature a golden background to visually distinguish it from the latter as viewed from afar.
Flag of the Mascyllary Chief of Naval Staff.png Flag of the Chief of Naval Staff
Flagge des Stabschefs der königlichen Kriegsmarine
1905 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the Chief of Naval Staff is present A white flag with a dark blue border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross and the crest of the Navy Supreme Command (Oberkommando der königlichen Kriegsmarine), proportioned 1:1
Flag of the Mascyllary Vice Chief of Naval Staff.png Flag of the Vice Chief of Naval Staff
Flagge des stellvertretenden Stabschefs der königlichen Kriegsmarine
1905 on Used on land and on naval vessels when the Vice Chief of Naval Staff is present A white flag with a dark blue border emblazoned with the black-white bordered Black Cross and the crest of the Navy Supreme Command in the upper left corner, proportioned 1:1
Naval rank flag of Admiral Mascylla.png Admiral's flag
Kommandoflagge eines Admirals
1970 on Used on naval vessels when an admiral is on board Mascyllary naval jack with three white six-pointed stars in a equilateral triangle, proportioned 1:2
Naval rank flag of Counter Admiral Mascylla.png Vice Admiral's flag
Kommandoflagge eines Vizeadmirals
1970 on Used on naval vessels when a vice admiral is on board Mascyllary naval jack with two vertical white six-pointed stars, proportioned 1:2
Naval rank flag of Flotilla Admiral Mascylla.png Rear Admiral's flag
Kommandoflagge eines Konteradmirals
1970 on Used on naval vessels when a rear admiral is on board Mascyllary naval jack with one white six-pointed star, proportioned 1:2
Naval rank flag of Commodore Mascylla.png Commodore's flag
Kommandoflagge eines Kommodores
1973 on Used on naval vessels when a commodore is on board Mascyllary naval jack as a triangular banner with one white six-pointed star, proportioned 1:2

Royal standards

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
Royal Standard of Mascylla.png Royal Standard of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla
Königliche Standarte der Gekrönten Republik Maskillien
2 November 1847 Standard of the Mascyllary monarch, used on land, on naval vessels, at residences, and at government buildings when the Monarch is present A banner of the Queen's arms, the Coat of Arms of Mascylla, proportioned 1:2
Royal Standard of Dorothy I of Mascylla.png Royal Standard of Queen Dorothy I
Königliche Standarte der Königin Dorothea I.
25 November 2005 Standard of Queen Dorothy I, used on land, on naval vessels, at residences, and at government buildings when the Queen is present A banner of the Queen's arms, the Coat of Arms of Mascylla, defaced with the arms of her royal cypher, proportioned 1:2
Royal Standard of the Crown Prince of Ahnern.png Royal Standard of the Crown Prince of Ahnern
Königliche Standarte des Kronprinzen von Ahnern
25 November 2005 Standard of Crown Prince Frederick, used on land, on naval vessels, at residences, and at government buildings when the Crown Prince is present A banner of the Crown Prince's arms, the Coat of Arms of Mascylla, defaced with a label of three points, proportioned 1:2

Government flags

Flag English name
Hesurian name
Date Use Description
Prime ministerial standard Mascylla.png Standard of the Prime Minister of the Crowned Republic of Mascylla
Standarte des Premierministers der Gekrönten Republik Maskillien
4 August 1966 Standard of the Prime Minister of Mascylla, used on land and on naval vessels when the Prime Minister is present A golden field encased by a white and blue border, defaced with the Greater State Arms of the Government of Mascylla, proportioned 1:2
Flag of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mascylla.png Service Flag of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Realm
Dienstflagge des Reichsaußenministeriums
1924 on Used at buildings and on naval vessels used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Mascyllary flag defaced with the royal coat of arms of Mascylla in a white circle, proportioned 1:2
Ensign of the other government ministries of Mascylla.png Service Flag of the Remaining Administrative Branches of the Realm
Dienstflagge der Übrigen Verwaltungszweige des Reiches
1927 on Used on naval and land vessels of the state, if the use of the state and naval ensign, and the flag of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not authorized The Mascyllary flag defaced with the Badge of Mascylla in a white circle, proportioned 1:2
Mascyllary Police flag.png Flag of the Imperial Police 17 July 1998 A white flag with a blue field on the left third of the flag, with the Imperial Police crest on the white field
Flag of the Mascyllary Post.png Flag of the Mascyllary Post
Flagge der Maskillischen Post
1924 on The Mascyllary flag with the badge of the Mascyllary Post, proportioned 1:2

Subnational flags

States and Free Cities

Flag Date Use Description
FlagAdwhin.png 1793 on Flag of Adwinia Horizontal tricolour of red, green and white (from top to bottom)
FlagAldia.png 1793 on Flag of Aldia Two horizontal fields of blue and yellow
Flagge Preußen - Provinz Westfalen.svg  1917 on Flag of Elpsia Two horizontal fields of white and red
FlagEustria.png 1967 on  Flag of Eustria–Folnery Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue (from top to bottom), the coat of arms of Eustria–Folnery in the center
Flag of Saxony.svg 1871 on Flag of Falia Two horizontal stripes of white and green
Flag of Hesse.svg 1793 on Flag of Flussmund Two horizontal stripes of red and white
Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg 1843 on Flag of Holnia Two horizontal fields of white and blue, with the coat of arms of Holnia in the first third
FlagKronlande.png 1798 on Flag of Königsreh Two horizontal fields of green and yellow
POL Grudziądz flag.svg 1793 on Flag of Lower Therundy–Lancaide Horizontal tricolour of yellow, red and white
Hambacher fest.svg 1900 on Flag of Nelgery Two horizontal fields of white and blue
FlagPereuth.png 1793 on Flag of Pereuth Vertical tricolour of blue, red and white (from left to right), the arms of Pereuth juxtaposed between the blue and red field
Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg 1827 on Flag of Shwesia Two horizontal fields of red and black
FlagTerunder-Welsbach.png 1801 on Flag of Therundy–Welsbach Horizontal tricolour of green, white and red (from top to bottom), the white stripe is divided into an upper white and a lower yellow field
Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg 1950 on Flag of Tudonia Horizontal tricolour of red, yellow, and blue (from top to bottom)

Historical flags

Elbgau Confederacy (1785–1793)

Flag Date Use Description
Elbgau Confederacy flag.png 1786–1793 Merchant flag and marine flag (Handelsflagge und Kriegsschiffsgösch) A golden cross on a white field, quartered with blue fields, proportioned 2:3

Mascyllary Kingdom (1793–1923)

Flag Date Use Description
Standard of the Mascyllary Kingdom (1793).png 1793–1847 Royal Standard and state flag (Königliche Standarte und Staatsflagge) A white field defaced with a version of the lesser arms of the Mascyllary monarchy, collared with the Order of the Crown (Orden der Krone), crowned with St Theodore's Crown (Sankt-Theodorichskrone), proportioned 2:3
MascyllaFlagII.png 1847 National flag (Nationalflagge) A tricolour of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, white and dark blue (from top to bottom), proportioned 1:2
MascyllaFlagIII.png 1847–1923 National and merchant flag (National- und Handelsflagge) A tricolour of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, white and light blue (from top to bottom), proportioned 1:2
Mascyllary Kingdom colonial flag.png 1847–1923 Colonial flag (Kolonialflagge) A tricolour of three equal horizontal bands of yellow, white and blue (from top to bottom), defaced with the coat of arms in a white circle, proportioned 1:2