Orange pennant (in combination with a Dutch flag)
The pennant shows the connection between the Netherlands and the royal house (the Oranje-Nassau family)
The orange pennant is flown, always in combination with the Dutch flag, connected at the hoist.
The pennant must be at least the length of, or slightly longer then, the diagonal of the flag. a pointy end, a swallowtail or a brush at the end it’s all allowed.
The pennant is flown on birthdays of the King, Queen and other important members of the Royal House*, and on Kingsday (27 Apr. nationa holiday). and when a member of the royal house gets married.
The pennant isn’t flown when someone of the royal house dies or at the funeral.
The orange pennant (or Oranje wimpel in Dutch) has its origin at the start of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (after French occupation).
At first King Willem I wanted to reinstate the Orange-White-Blue as the national flag, but diplomatically that wasn’t wise as the french were still a strong nation, and the Netherlands was not.
Therefore the orange pennant was /put back in use to show that the Netherlands was now a kingdom ruled by the Oranje-Nassau family.
As with alot of things in the Netherlands it took until 1948 before the use and protcols about orange pennant was put in to actual law.
thereare paintings from 1768 of a Prince Willem V (steward) and his wife Wilhelmina from Preußen, that toured the Republic (of the Netherlands) by boat. The boat flies the VOC-flag (red-white-blue with a badge) and an orange pennant from the hoist.
The pennant was used to show that the boat carried the Steward.
The use of pennants is believed to be of a origin.The Dutch Royal Navy still uses a war pennant to differ themselves from merchant ships as the Dutch navy ensign is the same as the civil ensign. But that is more for another post.
* Birthdays of Princes Beatrix (31 Jan), King Willem-Alexander (27 Apr), Queen Maxima (17 May) and Princes Amalia (7 Dec).
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