Tincture (heraldry) as the field upon which they rest, with the colours reversed. In the municipal arms of Behnsdorf, Saxony-Anhalt, seen at right, the field is divided with the left half white (argent) and the right half green (vert), and the counterchanged tree is green where it lies on the white part of the field, and white where it lies on the green part. The flag of Maryland is another example of counterchanging. The only U.S. state flag to be directly based on English heraldry, it is the arms of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, who founded the colony of Maryland in
Civic heraldry in the Czech Republic Civic heraldry in the Czech Republic Civic heraldry in the Czech Republic is regulated by law. As of 2017, 4,984 regions and municipalities have been authorized flags and coats of arms. In some cases these are ancient symbols granted during earlier historic periods, while in others they are newly devised achievements. New grants of arms to local authorities are made by the President of the Chamber of Deputies acting on the advice of the parliamentary Subcommittee on Heraldry and Vexillology of the Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sports. The subcommittee is, in turn, advised by a panel of