{"id":641,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/undefaced\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:36","slug":"undefaced","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/it\/glossary\/undefaced\/","title":{"rendered":"Undefaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**Undefaced** describes a flag that bears no additional charge, badge or device beyond its basic field or partition. The plain Red, White and Blue ensigns of the United Kingdom, flown without a badge, are the undefaced ensigns of the merchant marine, civil use and Royal Navy respectively. By contrast, colonial and state versions are defaced with a distinguishing emblem.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: The plain Red Ensign of the United Kingdom is the undefaced merchant flag; British colonial merchant flags were defaced with a colonial badge.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [defacement](\/glossary\/defacement\/), [charged](\/glossary\/charged\/), [ensign](\/glossary\/ensign\/), [field](\/glossary\/field\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-641","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}