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![[FIAV flag]](../images/v/vex_fiav.gif)
by Graham Bartram
President Michel R. Lupant Clos de la Pasture, 6 1340 OTTIGNIES-LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE Belgium Telephone: +32 (10) 41 43 85 Fax: +32 (10) 40 22 86 e-mail: pres@fiav.org
Secretary-General
Charles A. Spain, Jr. 504 Branard St. HOUSTON TX 77006-5018 USA Telephone: +1 (713) 529-2545 Fax: +1 (713) 752-2304 e-mail: sec.gen@fiav.orgSecretary-General for Congresses Graham Bartram 14 Bellview Manor RUISLIP Middlesex HA4 7LF United Kingdom Telephone: +44 1895 673310 e-mail: sec.cong@fiav.org
Publications: The official journal of FIAV is The Flag Bulletin (ISSN 0015-3370). In addition, FIAV publishes a newsletter concerning its activities at least once a year for the benefit of its Members, which may be freely reproduced.
The main FIAV flag: a dark blue with a gold knot design
The main FIAV flag is normally seen as a dress flag with a gold fringe, although we hope to have it as a normal flag for use at the York Congress in 2001. The officers' flags were approved at the recent Victoria Congress and were designed by Wiliam Crampton, while he was President of FIAV. Michel Lupant discovered the designs while going through some of William's paperwork for FIAV. The Flag Shop in Victoria very kindly made up examples of the officers' flags. They are about 12" x 8" and sat in front of the officers at the Congress. The same designs, or the FIAV flag itself, are used as car flags.
Graham Bartram - 08 September 1999
The FIAV flag was introduced at the Second International Congress of Vexillology in 1967. The official description of the FIAV flag appeared in the Recueil du IIe Congrès International de Vexillologie Zurich 1967, pages 143 and 145:
Flag and banner of the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF VEXILLOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS
On a blue field, extending horizontally from hoist to fly, two yellow halyards forming two interlaced loops.
The halyards allude to the study of flags and banners. The blue field and halyards evoke the maritime origins of the first flags.
The interlaced loops recall the love-knots well-known to heraldists and symbolize the friendship which unites vexillologists of all lands.
The loops formed by the halyards resemble two hemispheres and in adding the four ends of the halyards, we arrive at the number six, standing for the six parts of the world. These elements of the flag thus underline the international character of our Federation. It may also be recalled that blue appears in the flags of a number of international organizations.
The fact that the halyards extend across the whole flag and disappear beyond either end express the considerable - almost infinite - extent of vexillological studies in time and space.
The initial design was created by Klaes Sierksma and slightly modified by the Congress Committee; the final design was realized by Peter Krog. Manufacturer: Schaltegger & Co., Zurich (Owner and Director: E. Oehrli).
The FIAV flag was introduced on Sunday, September 3, 1967 at l'Institut Gottlieb Duttweiler in Rüschlikon (Zürich), Switzerland. The flag was presented by the then six-year old Guido Mühlemann, son of Louis Mühlemann, the secretary-general of the Second International Congress of Vexillology and president of the FIAV provisional council.
In 1967, President Mühlemann presented the original FIAV flag to Whitney Smith. The flag is now a part of the collection of the Flag Research Center.
On July 29, 1999, the Sixteenth Session of the FIAV General Assembly amended article 24 of the FIAV Constitution to read in part as follows:
FIAV's flag is described as follows: "On a blue field, extending horizontally from hoist to fly, two yellow halyards forming two interlaced loops." The color blue is defined as Pantone Matching System U293 and the color yellow is defined as Pantone Matching System U123.
The officers' flags were also adopted by the Sixteenth Session of the FIAV General Assembly. The color specifications for the flags are: blue (Pantone Matching System U293), yellow (Pantone Matching System U123), and red (Pantone Matching System 192C).
Charles Spain - 26 October 1999
![[FIAV President's flag]](../images/v/vexfiavp.gif)
by Graham Bartram
The flag of the President of FIAV, as FIAV but with a double border, red on the outside, white on the inside
Graham Bartram - 08 September 1999
![[FIAV Secretary General flag]](../images/v/vexfiavs.gif)
by Graham Bartram
The flag of the Secretary-General of FIAV, as FIAV but with a double border, dark blue on the outside, gold on the inside
Graham Bartram - 08 September 1999
![[FIAV Secretary-General for Congresses]](../images/v/vexfiavc.gif)
by Graham Bartram
The flag of the Secretary-General for Congresses, as FIAV but with a double border, dark blue on the outside, white on the inside.
Graham Bartram - 08 September 1999
Accademia di San Marciano, Sezione Vessillologica (ASM)
Type: institution
Established: 1967
Member: 1969 Sep 7 (charter) - 1987 Aug 13
Territory: Italy
Periodical Publication:
Armi Antiche (ISSN 0403-2268; multilingual; annual; since 1954)
Notes: Sezione Vessillologica ceased to be active 1975
Association française d'études internationale de vexillologie (AFEIV)
Type: association
Established: 1966 Dec 2
Member: 1969 Sep 7 (charter) - 1987 ? (resigned)
Territory: France
Notes: changed name on 1969 Jul 28 from Association internationale d'études vexillologique (AIEV); ceased to be active in late 1975 or early 1976
Cumann Vexilleolaioch na hÉireann (CVE)
See Separate page
Gesellschaft für Österreichische Heereskunde (GOH)
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum
Arsenal, Objekt 1
1030 WIEN
Austria
+43 1 68 91 205
Type: institution
Established: 1972 (as a "study circle"), crica 1975 (became "constituted association")
Member: 1975 Apr 17 - 1997 Jan 3 (resigned)
Territory: Austria
Periodical Publication:
Militaria Austriaca (German; since 1977)
Heraldry Society, Flag Section (HSFS)
Post Office Box 32
MAIDENHEAD
Berkshire
SL6 3FD
United Kingdom
Type: association
Established: 1967 Sep 7
Member: 1969 Sep 7 (charter) - 1987 Aug 13)
Territory: United Kingdom
Periodical Publication:
Flagmaster (ISSN 0142-5129; English; quarterly; 1971 to 1975)
The Coat of Arms (English; quarterly; since ?)
The Heraldry Gazette (English; quarterly; since ?)
Newsletter (English; 1969 to ?)
Notes: Flag Section ceased to be active 1972 Apr 11
Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique (OGHB)
Association Royale
HÔtel Communal
Avenue Charles Thielemans 93
1150 BRUXELLES
Belgium
Telephone: +32 (2) 772 50 27
Home Page: http://www.ufsia.ac.be/genealogy/wallonia/oghb1.htm
Type: institution
Established: 1942 May 4
Member: 1969 Sep 7 (charter) - 1985 (resigned)
Territory: Belgium
Periodical Publications:
Le Parchemin (?; since 1936)
Le Héraut (?; since 1987)
Le Recueil (annual; since 1952)
Stichting voor Banistiek en Heraldiek (SBH)
c/o Klaes Sierksma
Woelwijk 1
Nij Midgaard
9255 KE TYTSJERK
Netherlands
Type: institution
Established: 1964 Jun 30
Member: 1969 Sep 7 (charter) - 1981 (resigned)
Territory: Netherlands
Wappen-Herold, Deutsche Heraldische Gesellschaft e.V. (WH)
Type: institution
Established: 1963 Nov 6
Member: 1969 Sep 7 (charter) - 1995 Jul 3 (removed)
Territory: Germany
Periodical Publication:
Der Tappert (ISSN 0082-1705; German; irregular; 1964 to 1981)
United States Flag Foundation
Type: institution
Established: 31 December 1942, ceased operations in 2002.
Member: 1969 Sep 7 (charter) - 2003 July 28