Standards as a special shape of the embroidered club flag

Standards are first mentioned already in antiquity. They were being used by the military as an identification mark for the different units. The prevailing square format and the smaller size as compared to the flag were a result to the application especially by the cavalry. Carneval clubs are still bearing their riders' standards during parades while sitting on their horses.

Most of the time, standards are still produced in a square format, but they can also be executed in an oblong format, in finest artificial silk embroidery or in silk painting. Fahnen Kössinger look back on a decade-long experience in producing standards and know the optimal size and shape for your employment purpose. We accompany you on your way to a new club standard starting from the artwork, continuing to the choice of suitable materials until the artful execution using precious fabrics such as silk, velvet or brocade.
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Product details

Most common sizes
Square (e.g. 60 x 60 cm to 90 x 90 cm)
Oblong format (abt. 70 x 110 cm)

Materials
e.g. silk, velvet, brocade

Execution
artificial silk embroidery or silk painting

Border design
e.g. gold fringes and lace loops

Each standard is made on demand. We give you our best detailed advice on all possibilities.

 
Product examples
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  Standards of diverse clubs

Club and home sides of the embroidered standard

The front and the backside of each club flag are almost always designed differently. Motives used on the so-called club side are e.g. the figure of a holy man or woman, a symbol from the foundation time or crests and mottos that establish a relation to the club. The homeside The homeside, on the other hand, shows the local church, the coat of arms of the municipality, a city view or a famous landmark together with the name of the club and the town with the year of the foundation.

Completion and equipment of the embroidered standard

As a rule, standards are equipped with gold fringes on two sides and with lace loops on the third resp. fourth side for an attachment to the flag pole and the bannerarm. On the top, the standard finial shows a club motive hinting at the respective kind of club.
The corner ornaments of standards are normally kept a little simpler than those of the big, heavy club flags.
 
 

Suitable accessories

 

Motives for clubs and firebrigades

Each club has their own symbols and emblems. Fahnen Kössinger has a big pool of motives at their disposal. No matter if common standard or individually on demand, we find the suitable design for each embroidered club standard.
We have compiled some examples and most conventional motives for you.
 
 
 
Club motives
 
 

Standards for firebrigades

For firebrigades, standards are outstanding symbols for the togetherness and indispensable for parades, during ecclesiestical events or meetings with befriended brigades.

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example standard for firebrigades

Club side

Possible motives
Saint Florian, patron saint of the firebrigades
symbols of the foundation time, e.g. a firebrigade helmet and crossed axes

Graphically suitably arranged mottoes
"Helfen in Not ist unser Gebot"
"Gott zur Ehr' dem Nächsten zur Wehr"

Home side

Possible motives
Parish church
Crest of municipality
View or landmark of the town

Possible text elements above/below the motive
Club and town name
Foundation year of the club
Year of the consecration of the standard
 
 

Standard for shooting clubs

The acquisition of a high quality embroidered standard equals the maintenance of traditions for a shooting club.

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Example for shooting club standards

Club side

Possible motives
Saint Sebastian or Saint Hubertus
club crest
target with crossed guns
corners with crests of the shooting district, the shooting association or the shooting area

Graphically suitably arranged mottoes
"Im Auge Klarheit im Herzen Wahrheit"
"Ein Ziel vor Augen gibt Sinn dem Leben"

Home side

Possible motives
Parish church
Crest of municipality
View or landmark of the town

Possible text elements above/below the motive
Club and town name
Foundation year of the club
Year of the consecration of the flag
 
 

Standard for veterans' fellowship club / VdK

The Association of Reservists of the Germany Army has issued clear prescriptions for association flags in their decree for flags, crests and standards dated March 2005 which we at the flag embroidery Kössinger keep to strictly. We also follow the regulations of other authorities on our customers' demands.

For standards of a social organization such as the VdK, there are normally no clear regulations. We made the format on demand of our customers. On the club side, normally the VdK symbol appears while the home side can be equipped with a town view or the local parish church.

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Examples for reservists' standards

Specifications

  • Size 100 x 100 cm
  • The flags of associations bear the crest of the association on a white area on the right side.
  • On the other side, the crest of the district, town or village of the respective reservists' comradeship appears in the correct coloring.
  • The standard is framed by fringes.
 
 

Standards for music clubs

The diversity of choirs, wind bands and orchestras is mirrored in the custom-made and designed standards of the music clubs that, carried ahead of parades during festivities, pose a figurehead for the musicians.

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Example standard for music clubs

Club side

Possible motives
Musical instruments, clefs and tunes
Club crests

Graphically suitably arranged mottoes
"Musik verbindet Generationen"
"Im Reich der Töne erklinge das Schöne"

Home side

Possible motives
Parish church
Crest of municipality
View or landmark of the town

Possible text elements above/below the motive
Club and town name
Foundation year of the club
Year of the consecration of the standard
 
 

Standards for sports clubs

As manifold the kinds of sports as individual the standard - each sports club hold their standard high as an identification mark at festivities and events.

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example of a standard for sports clubs

Club side

Possible motives
Club emblem
Modern pictograms of the single sports departments

Graphically suitably arranged mottoes
"Sport zur Gesundheit, Sport zur Freude"
"Kämpfen, Siegen, Treu ein Wort"
"Freunde sein und fair im Sport"

Home side

Possible motives
Club home or sports arena
Crest of municipality
View or landmark of the town

Possible text elements above/below the motive
Club and town name
Foundation year of the club
Year of the consecration of the standard
 
 

Standards for carneval club

No carneval parade without an embroidered standard made by Fahnen Kössinger. In the area of the river Rhine, small riders' standards are often carried in front of hour-long parades.

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examples for standards for carneval clubs

Club side

Possible motives
Club emblem
fools' cap

The carneval slogan of the town is graphically arranged in a suitable way on the standard.

Home side

Possible motives
Crest of municipality
View or landmark of the town

Carneval motivePossible text elements above/below the motive
Club and town name
Foundation year of the club
Year of the consecration of the standard
 
 

Standards for other clubs

For each club, there are certain symbols and slogans that identify it at first glance. Fahnen Kössinger knows these signs of the connection of the club members among each other and uses them in the standard - always in view of tradtional virtues, but also of the club's future .

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example of standard for other clubs

Club side

Possible motives
Club emblem

Home side

Possible motives
Crest of municipality
View or landmark of the town

Possible text elements above/below the motive
Club and town name
Foundation year of the club
Year of the consecration of the standard
 
 

From the idea to the readily made embroidered standard

Every club that is aiming at having a new standard made for themselves at first needs some imagination about the design of motives and texts.
  • We collect these ideas in a first consultation interview.
  • The ideas are being transferred into first sketches and small artworks by our own graphic designers.
  • Once these design proposals are alright, an artwork in original size is being made. It already shows very well how the ready standard is going to look like.
  • Now, we can start to choose the material and decide on the embroidery techniques. Our embroiderers begin producing the standard.
 

Conversing the artwork into an embroidered standard

For the conversion of the artwork that was agreed on with the customer into an embroidered standards, a lot of handiwork is necessary. Using the most precious embroidery threads, the motives and texts are transferred onto the basic fabric, and the embroiderers can start their work. Only the most experienced specialists know how to get the colorful drafts in the correct embroidery technique onto the basic fabric. Love for details and knowledge of old traditions guarantee highest quality in producing our traditional standards.

 
 
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