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Staveren (The Netherlands)

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Last modified: 2000-03-10 by mark sensen
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Historical flag

Blue, with two yellow crossed bishop's croziers (or possibly shepherd's crooks).
(Source: Dutch atlas made by Delisle in 1739)
My guess is that this is a "canting" (i.e., punning) flag, based on the name of the place, Staeveren/staves. There are very few canting flags - the only one I know of in existence today is the trident or "barb" on the flag of Barbados.

James Dignan, 14 November 1996

It is a banner of the arms, which indeed is a canting with its two bishops croziers.
By the way, in [sie62] Sierksma 1962 another historical flag is mentioned: four horizontal stripes red and yellow.

Mark Sensen, 30 March 1998






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