A national flag patch may also be worn on the shoulder.
Other organizations that wear flag patches on their uniforms can have the flag facing in either direction.
Law enforcement officers often wear a small flag patch, either on a shoulder, or above a shirt pocket.
They will be asked not to display any national symbols like flag patches sewn on their clothes.
Their only insignia were small American flag patches on their sleeves.
Few in the street crowd who saw the stocky man in a dark uniform with an American flag patch thought he was a terrorist.
A flag patch is a piece of fabric displaying the national flag of a country.
There is a fashion among backpackers to buy flag patches in the places where they go and keep them as souvenirs, or to show their origin.
Below the flag patch, the Ship's identification "crest" is worn.
National flag designs are often used to signify nationality in other forms, such as flag patches.
