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War ensign

[War ensign] by Adam Kromer, from his website.

The war ensign is a white over red bicolor, swallow tailed with two tails, on the white stripe is a red shield with a white eagle with a yellow crown.
Nathan Augustine, 5 December 1995

The above is the current polish war ensign (---/--*). Its a 10:21 swallowtail (90 degrees triangle cut off), equal horizontal bicolor white over red, with the state coat of arms centered on the white stripe (swallowtail part not included in the centering). If I recall correctly, I took this info from Crampton, but I'm not sure.
António Martins, 23 October 1998

In the polish flags there is a large confusion regarding the naval and war ensigns. My idea is that it is one and the same thing, but there are different descriptions there. Am I missing something?
Jorge Candeias, 7 Apr 1999

"Naval ensign" and "war ensign" mean the same thing, i.e. the national flag or a variant thereof for use by a nation's navy. Poland's naval ensign is a swallowtailed version of the national flag with the state arms on the top (white) stripe. Perhaps the confusion arises because Poland also has a distinctive naval jack.
Tom Gregg, 7 Apr 1999

According to Alfred Znamierowski the naval ensign uses a