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Dictionary of Vexillology: U (Uncase - Upright Triangle)

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UNCASE
UNDY
UNFURL
UNION, THE
UNION JACK
UNION MARK
UNION PENDANT (or PENNANT)
UNION STANDARD
UNIQUE FLAG
UNIT COLOUR (or COLOR)
UNIT DESIGNATION
UNREP (UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT) FLAG
UPRIGHT PALL
UPRIGHT PILE
UPRIGHT TRIANGLE

UNCASE

(v) To remove a regimental, unit, service or national colour, usually with the appropriate ceremony, from its protective case (see also ‘case’).

UNDY

See ‘wavy’.

UNFURL

(v) To unwind a colour or parade flag from its staff after it has been uncased (see also ‘colour 2)’, ‘furl’, ‘parade flag’ and ‘uncase’).

UNION, THE

1) The canton of the US national flag - the Stars and Stripes - i.e. 13 - 50 white stars on a blue field (see also ‘union jack 2)’ and ‘union mark’).

2) See ‘canton 2)’.

UNION JACK

1) A general and officially recognized term for the British national flag whether flown on land or sea – the union flag (see also ‘conjoined’, ‘British flag’, ‘James union’, ‘national flag’ and ‘union mark’).

2) The British national flag when flown as a jack from the bows of a British warship, to signal that a courts martial is being held, or as the command flag of an Admiral of the Fleet (see also ‘flag of command’, ‘jack’ and ‘naval jack’ under ‘jack’).

3) The official term for the traditional US national jack, which consists of the union from the US national flag (see also ‘union’).

National Flag of the United Kingdo (fotw)

Traditional National Jack, US (fotw)

Please note that the British national flag is legally restricted to naval vessels whilst flown afloat (see also 'civil jack', 'government jack' and 'naval jack' under 'jack' and 'pilot jack'), however, US merchant vessels are not forbidden by regulation to wear the union jack as described in 2) above, but at the time of writing it has been temporarily replaced in naval usage by the design shown below.

Naval Jack in current use, US (Graham Bartram)

UNION MARK

A symbol expressing the unification of two or more territories - such as the British Union Jack or the former Norwegian-Swedish Union Mark - either employed alone or as a charge on a flag (see also ‘charge’, ‘conjoined’, ‘union’ and ‘union jack’ above).

Norway-Sweden Union Mark 1844 – 1905 (fotw)

UNION PENDANT (or PENNANT)

See ‘budgee pendant’.

UNION STANDARD

In British military usage, a term for one of three such standards each carried by the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals - the Household cavalry - and the equivalent of a normal cavalry guidon or infantry colour (see also 'colour 2)', 'colours 2)' and ‘guidon 2)’).

UNIQUE FLAG

A flag intended in design and usage, to be the only one of its type.

UNIT COLOUR (or COLOR)

See ‘colour 2)’ and ‘colours 2)’.

UNIT DESIGNATION

The inscription on a colour that indicates the military group to which it belongs (see also ‘colour 2)’.

UNREP (UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT) FLAG

See ‘battle flag 2)’.

UPRIGHT PALL

See ‘pall’.

UPRIGHT PILE

See ‘pile’.

UPRIGHT TRIANGLE

See ‘triangle’.