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 Here's the Brisbane flag. It took me ages to figure out what is was for after I saw it for the first time outside city hall.
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NoNotTheMindProbe posted:
Pretzels and medicine!
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Pretzels and medicine! Mithra Approves!
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Sep 27, 2014 08:22
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I think that's some sort of famous knot, it's used pretty frequently in heraldry as a badge for families from a region in England... I cannot remember. Edit: The Stafford badge
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Hey, I'm sure you aren't aware of this, but this is actually a very, VERY controversial flag and terrible symbol of the Nazi Party.
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Professor Shark posted:Hey, I'm sure you aren't aware of this, but this is actually a very, VERY controversial flag and terrible symbol of the Nazi Party. Oh. Do you think they'd mind?
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Nelson, New Zealand, is the only city or town in the entire country that has its own flag. In the 19th century, it was the port through which a lot of North-to-South Island trade was conducted, hence the maritime theme. The cross is ripped straight from the Coat of Arms of Admiral Horatio Nelson, because we're as subtle as a brick in a sock. We can only be thankful it isn't shaped like a boat. Nelson is officially a city under New Zealand law, despite having a population of less than 50,000: the laws which govern what makes a 'city' and what makes a 'town' were written in the early colonial days and have not been updated because nobody cares. It has a cathedral and over 30,000 people, so the locals will insist until their dying day that it qualifies as a 'city'. There aren't actually many Catholics, but damned if that isn't going on the flag too. CATHEDRAL, MOTHERFUCKERS.
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Sep 27, 2014 16:39
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This is the uninspired flag of the District of North Vancouver, a neighbouring area to me The uninspiration 
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Sep 27, 2014 19:45
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Do you really need centuries of wars and genocides to get a decent flag? edit: No, I'm wrong, North America has had both. Why do they have lovely flags?
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Reverse Centaur posted:This is the uninspired flag of the District of North Vancouver, a neighbouring area to me I never thought to check for local district flags, so I had to look up Surrey's flag after seeing this.  What.  At least the "mountain" district has mountains. I'm not sure where they keep the beavers and The Temple With The Door. I also checked the one for my hometown. It's much better, if busy. It has the city's dominating view and woo Canada.  I should probably note that Surrey is a 135 year old city and Thunder Bay was only incorporated 45 years ago. So yes I think you do need a long-rear end time as an established "place" before your flag and coat of arms gets awesome. Caedus has a new favorite as of 02:44 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Looked at my city's flag, and, whelp. That said the symbolism is hilarious. The mace: Edmontons preeminent status as Albertas capital city Only, cause some idiot decided that the capital of a province needed to be in the center of of it; otherwise the Shelbyville to our Springfield, Calgary, would have that too. The sun emblazoned on the shield: Edmontons above-average amount of sunshine This is a city that gets about six months of winter, and is sometimes the coldest place in the world. Winged wheel: Edmontons importance as an aviation and industrial centre Wavy ribbon: The North Saskatchewan River The sheaf: Agriculture Explorer (left): The citys fur trading heritage No big complaints here, though it should be replaced with an Oil derrick, fields of potholes, and Missing Person posters to more accurately depict the Edmonton experience. Athena, Goddess of Wisdom (right): Education and the University of Alberta Our university is cutting programs left-and-right all the while introducing boatloads of Chinese students by the boatload in order to provide a better 'education'. Honest-to-god just show a dude wearing a jumpsuit and a hard-hat to reflect that it's more valuable to just go into the trades in this city.
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Sep 28, 2014 02:55
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NoNotTheMindProbe posted:
Every time I check out this page I scroll past this flag and I dig it more and more. The 6 panel design can look p good: 
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Caedus posted:I never thought to check for local district flags, so I had to look up Surrey's flag after seeing this.  that's obviously an 8 bit Peace Arch and the Serpentine river(s). I guess north Surrey didn't deserve recognition. Maybe there were beavers there before all the methheads.Surrey just happens to have five towns too, the same number of those stars. Fleetwood, Whalley, Guildford, Newton, and Cloverdale. Hogge Wild posted:Do you really need centuries of wars and genocides to get a decent flag? I'll have you know the west coast has had zero wars and only one genocide, and we even failed at that compared to our neighbours to the south.  We only made an official border after the gold rush when Americans were threatening to outnumber Canadians.
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Reverse Centaur posted:This page has some good rejected Canadian flags. We only got our current one in 1965, which wasn't a good time for designing things in general. Reminds me of this classic ad: https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/flags
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Pretzels and medicine! The caduceus represents commerce, hence its position on the wavy river panels as Brisbane started out as a river port. The knots and stars apparently come from aspects of Governor Brisbane's life.
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Scrollin through an armorial, heraldry has the most bizarre poo poo in it:         No Sir Underwear yet, I'll look over the last half of it tomorrow (750+ pages in total, these things were crazy!).
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Nov 10, 2014 02:17
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Mr. Devil Nipple Arms is just the best thing.
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Professor Shark posted:Scrollin through an armorial, heraldry has the most bizarre poo poo in it: http://chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=IMP_GANGSTERS_DRAW
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    I thought this one was kind of cool, brothers/ cousins I assume    
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 12072009014 by vexborg, on FlickrThis is the coat of arms from my wife family, her maiden name was Gnther, and the family was granted the coat of arms from Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Sdermre as a reward for good service in the Battle of Ltzen in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War. Still hoping to find a colour version of the coat of arms.
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Kidney Stone posted:
Your wife may or may not be eligible for those arms unless you can trace her from being a direct descendent, consistently the offspring of each first-born son or daughters (I think daughters juts kept their father's arms?), of whoever the arms were granted to. That would be quite the task and it's pretty unlikely their hers. Professor Shark has a new favorite as of 18:25 on Nov 11, 2014 |
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Professor Shark posted:Your wife may or may not be eligible for those arms unless you can trace her from being a direct descendent, consistently the offspring of each first-born son or daughters (I think daughters juts kept their father's arms?), of whoever the arms were granted to. I'll have to take a chat with my dad-in-law the next time I'm down there. According to my wife, he's got the whole familytree there.
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In the mean time I asked about it on a heraldry site, they might be able to find an armorial that would either have a full color version or a description.
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Professor Shark posted:In the mean time I asked about it on a heraldry site, they might be able to find an armorial that would either have a full color version or a description. That would be pretty cool if they could - we'd be thankful! 
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Kidney Stone posted:That would be pretty cool if they could - we'd be thankful! Someone found an entry in Rietstap's Armorial General:  = De sable au lion d'or tenant une fleur de lis d'argent, or a black background with a gold lion holding a white fleur-de-lis They suggest contacting Swedish Heraldry societies/ authorities to confirm that this is in fact the correct Guenther!
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Professor Shark posted:Someone found an entry in Rietstap's Armorial General: Ok, that's actually quite helpful - I've taken contact to Svenska Heraldiska Freningen, hopefully they'll be able to help us out? By the way, how come you know so much about heraldry?
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Kidney Stone posted:Ok, that's actually quite helpful - I've taken contact to Svenska Heraldiska Freningen, hopefully they'll be able to help us out? Not sure, I just became very interested in it when I read about it. Vanity probably plays a role in there too
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Andrew Stewart Jamieson, who I believe is now retired from heraldry, is my all time favorite heraldic artist: 
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Professor Shark posted:Andrew Stewart Jamieson, who I believe is now retired from heraldry, is my all time favorite heraldic artist: I don't know, that text kinda ruins it.
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He wants you to know he's Andrew Stewart Jamieson. Andrew Stewart Jamieson.
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Phlegmish posted:He wants you to know he's Andrew Stewart Jamieson. original coat of arms copyright do not steal
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The original state flag of Oklahoma: Guess which number state it is. Go on, guess. This thread has inspired me to go back and research my supposed family crest. It essentially has a giant horseshoe on it which is a reference to a knight who shoed his horse to get up an icy mountain because some pagans were farting in his general direction. After shoving in the poo poo of a pagan knight and telling everyone to shoe their horses they stormed the mountain. It was later widely claimed that this was the invention of horseshoes. This coat of arms is claimed by 1800 separate families so it's obviously a big deal. My claim to fame is coming from an eastern European clan that invented snow tires. 
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Solar Coaster posted:As a resident of Cascadia, I love our Doug Flag Came to post this. So instead I'll post the old Canadian Red Ensign from 1922. I have one of these from my Great-Grandparent's farm which was in Aylmer, QC. 
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This is Glasgow's Coat of Arms. It goes along with a really depressing poem. There's the tree that never grew, There's the bird that never flew, There's the fish that never swam, There's the bell that never rang. They actually all relate to miracles that St. Mungo (the guy at the top) performed.
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