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Flags from history
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Rocket Scientist
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Old Bosnian flag. It's not in use anymore because it was also used by the Bosnian Army during the war. Serbs and Croats in Bosnia didn't want it to be the nation's flag after the war, but they still proudly fly their own (armies') flags instead of the new nation's flag wherever they live.
I speel my dreenk
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Republic of Venice
I think I saw this posted on a corkboard on campus, saying "Looking for a Republic to pay better than $1000/mo? Take one and call now!"
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It's such bullshit that Ohio's isn't in the top 10. Fuck rectangles.
I'm biased, but I think our flag (or burgee, to be exact) is better than Texas' flag. Puerto Rico's too.
15 ain't bad tho.
zero shift
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Yes this nation didn't represent Communism in any reasonable form. Yes Lenin and Stalin (unintentionally and intentionally) killed millions of people. But did they have a badass flag and a national anthem with it to boot. It truly symbolizes a flag of revolution.
Its no secret to how horrible Nazi Germany was. Nerds, like myself, will often tell you "Yeah but Communism was worse", yet they forget that Hitler didn't win the war. If Hitler would have won he had plans to bring the Holocaust to the Slavic people. Planning to exterminate around half the population of the Soviet Union...yeah... Luckily that didn't happen. So why did I put this flag in my post? Because it represents strength and unity. For insane movements like Nazism you usually need equally insane imagery to back it up, and this flag fits that.
Simple and to the point. Zaire's flag truly represented liberation of its people. Too bad that the state didn't follow that.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Flag of South-Holland
Naval Jack of the Netherlands
Prinsenvlag
Also really fond of the Soviet Union flag, South Korea and the Rising Sun Flag of Japan.
Naval Jack of the Netherlands
Prinsenvlag
Also really fond of the Soviet Union flag, South Korea and the Rising Sun Flag of Japan.
GoldenEye 007
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Flag of the British East India Company before they officially adopted the Union Jack flag and a similar flag in British India.
Always struck me as a weird UK/US mashup.
Funny, the Hawaiian flag is pretty similar to that except that one has red white and blue stripes too except just red and white. Fewer stripes it looks like too.
BertramCooper
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Northern Ireland's flag is pretty great.
Very simple. I like it a lot.
Very simple. I like it a lot.
Soyongdori
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North Korean People's Army Flag
Chinese People's Liberation Army Flag
Chinese People's Liberation Army Flag
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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This is a great thread. I love flags.
ElectricBlue187
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Cherokee Peace Flag
But there's no image in your... oh, right.
Flag of the British East India Company before they officially adopted the Union Jack flag and a similar flag in British India.
Always struck me as a weird UK/US mashup.
That's actually considered the first unofficial US flag, and its likely the flag Washington flew into battle during the revolution (that painting of Washington crossing the Delaware is an anachronism because that Betsy Ross flag wouldn't have been made by then). The colonists kept the Union Jack design on it as a sign of peace and friendship to the crown. Yeah they wanted independence, but they didn't want war; they wanted a peaceful separation and to move on together as allies. Clearly Britain saw it differently and now we have our history and no more Union Jack. As someone mentioned, Hawaii is the only state flag with the jack on it. It was once a British territory and when control moved to the US they put the jack in to honor their friendship with the British.
I'm also a fan DC's flag. It won some design awards and the city is pretty proud of it. It's everywhere here.
zero shift
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I really don't understand why so many countries still have the Union Jack on their flag.
teruterubozu
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Flag of the British East India Company before they officially adopted the Union Jack flag and a similar flag in British India.
Always struck me as a weird UK/US mashup.
Interesting. It looks almost like the Hawaii state flag:
edit: Ah beaten
lastplayed
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When you use an ensign as another ensign, things get a bit silly:
New Zealand police
New Zealand police
j_k_redtail
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For those interested:
The North American Vexillological Association's 2001 State/Provincial Flag Survey
http://www.nava.org/flag-design/survey/state-provincial-survey-2001
4. Maryland (7.97)
This is the correct response.
peteykirch
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Sheldon Cooper's apartment flag
NihonTiger90
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It's such bullshit that Ohio's isn't in the top 10. Fuck rectangles.
I'm biased, but I think our flag (or burgee, to be exact) is better than Texas' flag. Puerto Rico's too.
Hell's yeah. Fuck square flags, Bertram.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
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Fury Sense
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lol I feel so smart for being able to recognize most of the flags in this thread thanks to a stupid app i played 
Aggrotek
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Those look like pokemon gym badges. lol
lastplayed
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London City's flag is pretty neat:
You see it all over the place (usually in shield form) when you cross the city boundaries from other parts of London.
You see it all over the place (usually in shield form) when you cross the city boundaries from other parts of London.
crazy monkey
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mughal empire flag
The Hōjō clan apparently.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Red hand division
101st Canadian-American chronic right-handed masturbator division.
Lazy vs Crazy
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I just see a hadoken motion.
DUFFMCWALIN
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This and the Confederate battle flag are great. The Romans have this shit on lock as well.
Razgriz-Specter
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That's actually considered the first unofficial US flag, and its likely the flag Washington flew into battle during the revolution (that painting of Washington crossing the Delaware is an anachronism because that Betsy Ross flag wouldn't have been made by then). The colonists kept the Union Jack design on it as a sign of peace and friendship to the crown. Yeah they wanted independence, but they didn't want war; they wanted a peaceful separation and to move on together as allies. Clearly Britain saw it differently and now we have our history and no more Union Jack. As someone mentioned, Hawaii is the only state flag with the jack on it. It was once a British territory and when control moved to the US they put the jack in to honor their friendship with the British.
http://www.50states.com/flag/image/nunst016.gif
I'm also a fan DC's flag. It won some design awards and the city is pretty proud of it. It's everywhere here.
For anyone that didn't know, Washington DC's flag is actually George Washington's coat of arms.
lastplayed
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British India
One of the original designs for the Australian flag:
And who can forget this classic, the flag of Libya before Gaddafi's demise:
One of the original designs for the Australian flag:
And who can forget this classic, the flag of Libya before Gaddafi's demise:
Thanks. Off to an hour of consecutive wikipedia articles!
They cant. Other wise they wouldnt be able to use the confederate one!
teruterubozu
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lastplayed
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The flag's been like that since before it became a state right? I don't see why they'd want to change it.
fizzelopeguss
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Freedom
and it still flies in new england on sundays from september to february
You should have kept this, i've always loved it. Vastly superior to the current design.
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