Lesser Coat-of-Arms 1785-1931 (Spain)

Used on ensigns and rank flags

Last modified: 2005-03-05 by santiago dotor
Keywords: coat of arms: oval | coat of arms: per pale (castle: yellow) | coat of arms: per pale (lion: red) |
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by Luis Miguel Arias

• Description

See also:

• War Ensign 1785-1931 (Spain)
• Minister's Flag (other than Minister of the Navy) 1914-1923 or 1931 (Minister of the Crown, Ministro de la Corona)
• Flag for the Minister of the Army and other high military authorities 1929-1930 (Captain General of the Army, General in Chief, General High Commander of the Military Forces in Morocco / Ministro del Ejército, Capitán General del Ejército, General en Jefe o General Jefe Superior de las Fuerzas Militares de Marruecos)
• Minister of the Army's Flag on Army Vehicles 1930-1931 (Ministro del Ejército)
• Coat-of-Arms (Spain)

Other sites:

• Heraldry in Spain at Heraldica, François Velde's excellent heraldry website

Description

The design of the coat-of-arms in the above image is partly based on a 1930 Royal Circular Order about markings and rank flags on military vehicles.

Luis Miguel Arias, translated by Santiago Dotor, 17 May 2002

English blazon: Per pale dexter Gules a castle triple-towered Or masoned