It’s the standard. Stars forward. You’ll see it wrong on a lot of TV and DIY stuff. But merch from reputable sources almost always have it correct.
You’ll notice this with vehicles a lot. Like the Jeep Wagoneer has a flag emblem on both sides with the stars going forward on both. Any wraps or graphics by a business should do it that way. But people doing it themselves often won’t.
It’s not a big deal. But it’s something I always notice.
I’m not up on regs anywhere but always kinda considered it a rule of thumb that people like EMS serving at home have the stars back while armed forces are advancing with stripes billowing behind but I could be wrong. Cops just pick whatever looks cool on tv and go with that so fuck them
Any time it’s worn on someone’s left side, the stars line up with the traditional image of the flag. Additionally, when it’s on the front or back of something, there’s no edge of the flag that is advancing.
So it’s really only when a flag is in the right side of someone/something, and done properly, that you’ll see it with the stars on the right. Meaning, most of the time it’s the default stars on the left.
Any time I’ve seen real cops or EMS or anything with a flag on the right of their clothes or car, it’s stars on the right. It’s usually wrong on TV though.
I think that’s mostly a military uniform thing and doesn’t apply to all things.
It’s the standard. Stars forward. You’ll see it wrong on a lot of TV and DIY stuff. But merch from reputable sources almost always have it correct.
You’ll notice this with vehicles a lot. Like the Jeep Wagoneer has a flag emblem on both sides with the stars going forward on both. Any wraps or graphics by a business should do it that way. But people doing it themselves often won’t.
It’s not a big deal. But it’s something I always notice.
I’m not up on regs anywhere but always kinda considered it a rule of thumb that people like EMS serving at home have the stars back while armed forces are advancing with stripes billowing behind but I could be wrong. Cops just pick whatever looks cool on tv and go with that so fuck them
Any time it’s worn on someone’s left side, the stars line up with the traditional image of the flag. Additionally, when it’s on the front or back of something, there’s no edge of the flag that is advancing.
So it’s really only when a flag is in the right side of someone/something, and done properly, that you’ll see it with the stars on the right. Meaning, most of the time it’s the default stars on the left.
Any time I’ve seen real cops or EMS or anything with a flag on the right of their clothes or car, it’s stars on the right. It’s usually wrong on TV though.