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Shipmate Flagchart : http://www.shipmate.nl/flags.htm
adopted 11 Aug 1959; design: Kl. Sierksma.
The flag of Medemblik: Six diagonal stripes of black and yellow, runnining
from hoist-top to fly-bottom, with in the canton a blue castle with open
gate. This flag was adopted by municipal resolution on 11 Aug 1959; design:
Kl. Sierksma in Muiderberg.
The diagonal stripes are a remote reminder of the Frisian
flag, while the blue castle refers to Redbad's castle.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62].
Jarig Bakker, 8 Jul 2003
In the Napolitan flagbook of 1667 (That is "Bandiere usate in mare da
diverse nazioni sopra i legni da guerra e mercantili", Napoli - manuscript
in possession of the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, USA) is a flag
with three equally high horizontal stripes of black and yellow. That flag
is a banner of arms (see Ralf Hartemink's
site), although the stripes on the CoA are vertical.
In the Amsterdams Scheepvaartmuseum is a manuscript with a black-white-black
flag for Medemblik, but that is probably a case of mis-reading the Napolitan
manuscript.
Source: Sierksma's Nederlands Vlaggenboek, 1962 [sie62].
Jarig Bakker, 8 Jul 2003