The Imperial War Flag or Reichssturmfahne, was smaller than the imperial banner, carried before the emperor or his appointed commander in battle.

The imperial banners displayed the sultan's tughra, often on a pink or bright red background.

On 25 September 1632 the Mughal Army raised imperial banners and gained control over the Bandel region and the renegade garrison was punished.

The next morning, when the crusaders rose to begin work on the siege towers, they saw the imperial banner flying above the gate.

Other Samurai did not want to attack the army with the imperial banner, and readily deserted the Shogun.

Accordingly, the Greek symbol for Christ can be seen on the imperial banner, and pagan priests are pushed aside by a personification of Roma honoring Constantine.

Yin was shocked, and initially considered either resigning or send the imperial banner of peace (Zouyu Fan, 騶虞幡) to order Huan to stop.

During the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he fought under the imperial banner, in the Battle of Hokuetsu in 1868-1869.

A 9th-century mosaic, from San Giovanni church in Rome, shows St Peter handing the Oriflamme, the imperial banner, to Charlemagne.

When the Holy Roman Empire took part in the Crusades, a war flag was flown alongside the black-gold imperial banner.