Editing Finial (section)

=== Flagpoles ===
[[File:Drapeau-3e-reg-suisse-napoleon-p1030181.jpg|thumb|[[French Imperial Eagle]] finial on a regiment banner of the ''[[Grande Armée]]'']]
{{See also|glossary of vexillology#Flag elements}}A "ball-style" finial is often mounted to the top of a stationary [[Flagpole#Flagpoles|flagpole]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Koppes |editor1-first=Wayne F. |editor2-last=Roehm |editor2-first=Jack M. |title=Metal Flagpole Manual |year=1980 |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers |page= 21}}</ref> The United States [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Navy|Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], and [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] employ a variety of different finials depending on the flag in question, the Marines and Coast Guard deferring to the Navy's protocols.<ref>[http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r840_10.pdf#page=61 Army Regulation 840-10 ''Flags, Guidons, Streamers, Tabards, and Automobile and Aircraft Plates'', Chapter 8 "Flagstaffs and Flagstaff Heads (Finials)", §&nbsp;8-2, 1 November 1998] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607221710/http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r840_10.pdf |date=7 June 2010 }}</ref>