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Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
Other Ameland pages: See also:After due consultation in A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry
by James Parker I have decided that perhaps the right word [for
"verkorte rechter schuinbalken", MS] is baton.
Rich Hansen, 20 November 1996
What about billet oblique sinister?
Zeljko Heimer, 22 November 1996
This historical flag was confirmed for use by the municipality of Ameland
on 27 June 1950.
(Source: Sierksma 1962[sie62])
Mark Sensen, 28 March 1998
Ameland/It Amelân is one of the Frisian Wadden islands and in summer
a very popular holiday resort.
The flag consists of four equally wide horizontal bars of blue and
yellow; on the middle of the blue bar a white inverted crescent; on the
yellow bar three black shortened right bends alongside. This flag was adopted
27 June 1950, but in variable forms depicted from 1711-1870. The crescent
is a reminder of the crusades and the bends stand for the three villages
Nes, Hollum and Ballum. (source: Sierksma, Nederlands vlaggenboek, 1962,
[sie62], a bit adapted). Municipal seat:
Nes.
Jarig Bakker, 18 August 1999
The shield is: Divided per pale: I. In gold three black bends; II. In
blue a silver crescent.
Franc van Diest, 1 Feb 2001