The flag consists of an orange background with a purple star and a Saint George's Cross in canton.

[4] In 1912, the Irish Unionist Party's Sir Edward Carson marched behind the flag of the Orange Order from Ulster Hall in leading people to publicly sign the Ulster Covenant at Belfast City Hall against the Irish Home Rule Bill.

[5] The events were reenacted 100 years later in 2012 including a number of Northern Ireland's unionist political leaders.

[1] Usually, the flying of the flag of the Orange Order is not prohibited during marches by the Parades Commission.

[10] When referred to as the 'Orange Standard', the name of the flag is also shared with that of the official newspaper of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.