War flag

A war flag, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard, is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land. The nautical equivalent is a naval ensign. Under the strictest sense of the term, few countries today currently have proper war flags, most preferring to use instead their state flag or standard national flag for this purpose.

For the Standard WWI steamship, see SS War Flag.
"Banner of War" redirects here. For the Yugoslav military decoration, see Order of the War Banner.
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