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Surcoats--Bardings--Embroidered Linen--Banners--Appliqué Work--Embroidered Badges--The Toison d’or of Charles the Bold--Standards--The Proportions of Banners from Early Times--The Direction of their Charges and the Reasons therefor--The Composition of the Union Jack--Practical Explanation of its Construction--Painted Banners--How Prepared--Trumpet Banners--Heraldic Lace.