Hanging Flags

Last modified: 2004-10-23 by phil nelson
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There are three means to attach a flag to the rope to hoist it up the pole.

1. Rope & toggle (with variations on the hardware used)
2. Grommets
3. Cloth tabs on the flag to tie to the rope or pole.

From my observation it seems that rope & toggle is the most used worldwide. I have only seen grommets on American-made flags, or for flags used in America. Are these observations correct? Do other countries use grommets as the normal method of attachment?
Nathan Bliss, 9 October 1996

I collect flags made in the country they represent. Rope and toggle or sleeved/tabbed headings are found on the following flags: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Peoples Republic of China, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Finland, France, Germany, India, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is (these last two are probably UK made), South Africa, South Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland (metal clips attached to each end of rope), Turkey, Turkmenistan, USSR, Zimbabwe.

Grommets are found on the following: USA, Israel, Jorda