Árpád stripes

It has ever since formed part of the coat of arms of the ruling dynasties of Hungary and of the coat of arms of the Hungarian state, most of the time, as it does today, impaling gules, on a mount vert a crown Or, issuant therefrom a double cross argent or marshalled with the Angevins’ azure, semé-de-lis Or.

The famous depiction of a banner with Árpád stripes showing King Béla III in one of the initials of the Chronicon Pictum dates to around 1360.

The illustrations and decorative illuminations of the chronicle use the Árpád stripes on several occasion on banners (beside the mentioned initial it appears e.g. in the depiction of the Battle of Ménfő), shields, coat of arms (mostly marshalled with the Hungarian Apostolic Double Cross or the Angevin field azure semé-de-lis) or as the pattern of garment of Stephen I.

Lately the flag has been adopted by the far-right (most eminently among supporters of Jobbik party) with increasing popularity since the 2006 protests in Hungary.

Defendants claim that they do not foster the memory of the Arrow Cross Party, but rather the rich historical heritage of Hungary and honour the founding dynasty of the Árpáds by bearing this flag.

Coat of arms of the Hungarian royal Árpád dynasty
Coat of arms of Hungary : the left field of the shield features the so-called Árpád stripes
Zurich armorial scroll - The Hungarian royal Árpád dynasty's striped coat of arms from around 1340
King Béla III of Hungary in Chronicon Pictum
Flag of the Arrow Cross Party
Flag with the original configuration of the Árpád stripes, as seen also on the coat of arms of Hungary. This is also the form popularly used by Hungarian Right wing elements [ who? ] since the 1990s.