Maryland Flag Lapel Pin

Maryland flag lapel pin is crafted by soft enamel. Maryland flag lapel pin dies struck with gold finish. Each Maryland flag lapel pin is individually poly bagged and fixed by a butterfly clutch back. GS-JJ can provide many different American flag lapel pins and enamel pins at the lowest price.

The official flag of the state of Maryland consists of the heraldic banner of George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore (1579–1632). The flag was officially adopted by the Maryland General Assembly in 1904. The black and gold design on the flag is the coat of arms from the Calvert line. It was granted to George Calvert as a reward for his storming a fortification during a battle (the vertical bars approximate the bars of the palisade). 

The red and white design is the coat of arms of the Crossland line, the family of Lord Baltimore's mother, and features a cross bottony with the red and white sides of the cross alternating. Since George Calvert's mother was an heiress, he was entitled to use both coats of arms in his banner. It is one of only four U.S. state flags that does not contain the color blue (the other three being Alabama, California, and New Mexico). It is also the only US state flag to be directly based on English heraldry, although the flag of Washington, D.C., is a modification of the coat of arms of George Washington's family.