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I like Berlin's coat of arms here... translation: Berlin fights back! No place for Nazis!
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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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Dec 8, 2013 22:09
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:I like Berlin's coat of arms here... My favourite part of this is that the bear is red.
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Dec 8, 2013 22:31
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Flå municipality's coat of arms.  
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Dec 8, 2013 23:15
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Manitoba & Ontario  
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Dec 8, 2013 23:52
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Wikipedia editors' efforts are the best   Ullensaker , Norway  And this one's Finnish, I think
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Dec 9, 2013 09:50
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Town of Otepää ["bear's head"] has a bear, obviously It's a really chill bear.  
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Dec 9, 2013 10:48
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Alhazred posted:The coat of arms to the Norwegian Church: The axes symbolise St. Olaf and occur in several other coats of arms: The National Coat of Arms:  Fylke (county) of South Trøndelag  Hordaland fylke:  Telemark fylke: 
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Dec 9, 2013 18:29
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Exclamation Marx posted:
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Dec 9, 2013 19:41
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Some of my native Swedens municipality and province flags are pretty rad: A saint slaying a dragon, municipality of Mora.  Söderhamn's flag, a pinnace with two muskets. Looks kind of pirate-y.  Alvesta flag, bees and a winged train wheel. The winged wheel symbolizes the towns former importance as a railway junction, and it resembles the logo of Sweden's state rail company. The bees symbolize the diligence of industry, as it was an industrial town. Nothing to do with honey.  Speaking of which, Nykvarn also has an insect in its flag, but literally represents a species of mayfly native to a lake in the municipality.  Ängelholm. Badass salmon. There are several Swedish municipal flags that feature salmon, but the context these are in is hilarious.   Härnösand, a beaver eating a pike. Do beavers eat fish at all? The origin of the flag dates back to 1586, when the burgess of the town, upon been granted town priviligies, wrote to the King asking what should be the offical seal of the town. His reply: "The skole hafue en suart bäffuer medh en giedda i munnen". Which is old swedish for "It should have a black beaver with a pike in it's mouth". No justification was given, but it makes some sense, as beavers were very common at the time and fish was an important resource for the region. Falukorv has a new favorite as of 03:09 on Dec 10, 2013 |
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Dec 9, 2013 21:40
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Falukorv posted:Some of my native Swedens municipality and province flags are pretty rad: Mine's cooler. It has a horse.  
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Dec 10, 2013 01:26
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NSFW I guess? In words of the great Tom Waits: When you're tired and you're hungry and you want something cool, Got something better than a swimming pool 
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Dec 10, 2013 02:02
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Austria-Hungary's coat of arms became ridiculously complicated towards the end.  But they pale in comparison to this monstrosity. The personal heraldry of Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara.  I've always thought that South Carolina's flag makes it look vaguely North African. 
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Dec 10, 2013 06:32
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Huh, why is the cross tilted to one side on top of Hungary's shield?
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Dec 10, 2013 09:14
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The Hungarian crown actually looks like that. Someone bent it when they didn't close its storage chest properly, and the monarchy decided to just leave it that way.
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Dec 10, 2013 09:42
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Falukorv posted:
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El Negocio posted:The Hungarian crown actually looks like that. Someone bent it when they didn't close its storage chest properly, and the monarchy decided to just leave it that way. Wow, that is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
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Dec 10, 2013 20:08
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Lichtenstein posted:My favourite part of this is that the bear is red. A bear is very appropriate symbol for Berlin since Berlin literally means "Little Bear".
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Dec 10, 2013 20:29
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SirPhoebos posted:Gentlemen, BEHOLD! Someone please explain to me what the crowned fiery turds on the wings are supposed to be. I tried to find out a couple months ago and couldn't and I haven't slept very well since
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Dec 10, 2013 20:39
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Every true Englishman loves Marmite.
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Dec 10, 2013 20:51
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El Negocio posted:
 Vaguely? That looks like the flag of some hardcore Arabic emirate.
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Dec 10, 2013 20:53
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origami manatee posted:Someone please explain to me what the crowned fiery turds on the wings are supposed to be. I tried to find out a couple months ago and couldn't and I haven't slept very well since This is a better picture but none of the captions say what those things are, only that it is THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE WITH ALL ITS MEMBERS, printed in Augsburg by David de Neckar. 
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Dec 10, 2013 21:06
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I think they're meteors. That Quaternion Eagle is from around 1510, I believe; the first 'officially' observed meteor was in Ensisheim in 1492, and was delivered to King Maximilian, then son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, who himself became Holy Roman Emperor in 1508. So, it makes sense that a flaming rock from heaven would be associated with that Emperor.
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Dec 10, 2013 21:08
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One Swell Foop posted:I think they're meteors. That Quaternion Eagle is from around 1510, I believe; the first 'officially' observed meteor was in Ensisheim in 1492, and was delivered to King Maximilian, then son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III, who himself became Holy Roman Emperor in 1508. So, it makes sense that a flaming rock from heaven would be associated with that Emperor.
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Dec 10, 2013 21:27
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This seems to be a plausible explanation. Accept all the love of Friesland! (it's actually water lily leaves but the flag still rules)
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Dec 10, 2013 21:38
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DarkCrawler posted:
Yeah, when I moved from Canada to the US, I had no idea that was the flag of an actual state. The moon makes it look more like the Turkish or Algerian flag.
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Dec 10, 2013 22:06
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I have always loved Aeroflot's emblem. Also...  ... hammer and sickle is an unicode character: ☭
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Dec 10, 2013 23:01
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Best flag which has already been posted will forever be Wales. I also have a strong love of the flag of St Jordi, which is effectively the "St George"s / Valentine's day of Barcelona solely because I get to see the flag of England (where I'm from) next to the flag of Catalunya (where I live and work) and it's like we're friends. Side note: The best national anthem goes to Uruguay. It's like something from Mary Poppins! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx7dcS0lFA frytechnician has a new favorite as of 13:50 on Dec 11, 2013 |
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Dec 11, 2013 00:30
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Jon Leibowitz posted:Manitoba & Ontario Most of the Union Jack-derived flags are pretty terrible.
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Phlegmish posted:Most of the Union Jack-derived flags are pretty terrible. One of the few exceptions: 
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Dec 11, 2013 01:00
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Best Union Flag derivative is Niue's: Let's just slap some stars all over it
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I really like my states flag (ohio) its not even shaped like a regular flag
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Dec 11, 2013 01:42
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The Burakumin are an outcast group in Japan, similar to India's untouchables. The Burakumin Liberation League is one of the larger burakumin rights organizations in Japan. Anyway, I thought their flag was pretty cool:  pre-WWII version:  Yeah, that's a crown of thorns. I'm not exactly sure why it's a crown of thorns, but it's still pretty
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Tsaedje posted:Best Union Flag derivative is Niue's: That's what they all seem to have done. Tuvalu:  I think the Union Jack itself is actually a cool flag, but putting it in a corner somewhere is just lazy design. Vexillology
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Dec 11, 2013 06:15
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 The good old boxing kangaroo 
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frytechnician posted:Best flag which has already been posted will forever be Wales. I also have a strong love of the flag of St Jordi, which is effectively the "St George"s / Valentine's day of Catalunya solely because I get to see the flag of England (where I'm from) next to the flag of Catalunya (where I live and work) and it's like we're friends. That's actually the official flag of the city of Barcelona. Sant Jordi is Barcelona's patron saint. (as well as a patron saint of Catalunya, England, Georgia and a ton of other places, the dude got around) The cross of St. George is a pretty common vexillological symbol. 
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Dec 11, 2013 12:32
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Phlegmish posted:That's what they all seem to have done. Tuvalu: You're right, but the reason so many flags are like that is because they're derivatives of the Blue Ensign or Red Ensign, which are traditional naval flags.
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Dec 11, 2013 12:34
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frytechnician posted:Side note: The best national anthem goes to Uruguay. It's like something from Mary Poppins! I always found our anthem hilarious because it's really violent and talks about battles and glorious victory but if we actually fought someone we would get our poo poo pushed in. Here's a bit of it (we call ourselves Orientals): Orientals, our nation or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die. Its the vows that our souls pronounce and which heroically we will fulfill. Liberty, Liberty, Orientals. This is the outcry which our nation saved and its braves in fierce battles of sublime enthusiasm filled. This Holy gift of Glory we deserved Tyrants: Tremble! Tyrants: Tremble! Tyrants: Tremble! Ah! Liberty in combat we will Cry Out! and even dying, Freedom we shall also Shout!
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Dec 11, 2013 13:27
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:You're right, but the reason so many flags are like that is because they're derivatives of the Blue Ensign or Red Ensign, which are traditional naval flags. Which is another reason Niue's is so weird with its yellow/gold field
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FreudianSlippers posted:A bear is very appropriate symbol for Berlin since Berlin literally means "Little Bear". No it doesn't. The idea that the name derives from "Bär" is folk etymology. The most likely origin of the name is Polabian "Berl" or "Birl", which means "marsh".
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