On page 165, volume X of the Geographic Dictionary of the Netherlands written by Abraham Jacob van der Aa, it can be read Het oude wapen van SCHEVENINGEN was drie gekroonde harinen, waarvan het veld niet wordt opgegeven.

[3] In 1984, in occasion of the celebrations of the seven hundredth anniversary of the founding of Scheveningen, the Royal Netherlands Navy assigned the name Hr.

In response to some letters of protest sent to the newspapers, a petition and a parliamentary question, the Minister of Defence J. Rider,[5] was forced to change the coat of arms of the Hr.

[2] The Municipal council of The Hague, recognized, with proposal 136, dated 23 March 1984, that the coat of arms as insigna of the Scheveningen village.

However, the feast name has nothing to do with the flag of Scheveningen but is related to the ships' bunting shown by the fishing boats during Vlaggetjesdag.