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The appropriate indoor pole ornaments for national flags are, for example,
for the US flag an eagle, Canada a
Maple Leaf, etc.
I have heard of a few others -
Ukraine has the special U/Trident symbol;
Eritrea a Camel;
Cambodia has had Hanuman the monkey God;
and some of the Arab Emirates have the Crescent Moon.
John Niggley, 30 August 1995
I don't think there are any standards anywhere for indoor display of flags,
but they often follow the military model: