Post your favorite or unfavorite flag, coat of arms, etc.

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Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

AFewBricksShy posted:

I always liked the Flag of Nepal in those "Flags of the World" pictures, as it's the only one that really stands out since it's the only non-rectangle one:

The Vatican's is technically a square:

edit: According to ye olde rulese ofe flagse ande shieldse yellow (gold) and white (silver) are never supposed to touch. Only the Pope himself is allowed to do that.

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Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

Augster posted:

French royalty must have missed the memo:

Well they thought they were better than god so...

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Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

alcyon posted:

Continuing the slightly creepy Dutch theme: The 'Bloedvlag' (Bloodflag) of the Dutch navy, raised when poo poo was on, no quarter given etc.

Reminds me of the Bedford Flag which (allegedly) flew at the Battle of Concord, 1775.

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Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

alcyon posted:

Huh, that can't be a coincidence, how curious. The wiki page doesn't mention it, but I wager the banner must have been a copy of the Dutch Republic's bloodflag. That one had been in use from sometime around the late 1580-1590's. Or maybe the design predates both uses?

Well it was flown in Massachusetts but New York was originally dutch so it could've been passed down.

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Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

made of bees posted:

Yeah, red-white-blue should be reserved for evil empires and Norway.

Luxembourg weeps.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2013 04:13

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos

Angry Salami posted:

Specifically, in the flag of Morocco, it's meant to be the seal of King Solomon. According to some myths, Solomon had a magical signet ring that he used to bind and imprison demons and evil djinn - maybe that's where the demonic association came from?

The seal of Solomon also appears on the Ethiopian flag - though, oddly, only the modern republic flag, never when the country was ruled by kings who claimed decent from Solomon.

The seal's also sometimes depicted as a six-pointed star, like the Star of David. Not sure if there's a connection; if there is, it means there's a Muslim, Christian and Jewish country each with the seal on their flag!