Rocca di Soncino, Italy (upload.wikimedia.org)
Wikipedia article about the fortress
Vestland Coat of Arms -Norway (upload.wikimedia.org)
Not sure if Coat or Arms are allowed but I really love the design. Vestland in Norway is famous for the fjords and I think the design captures this really well.
Today, December 10, Evenkia day is celebrated. Evenks are a Tungusic people living in Siberia. Here's a (possible) flag of the Evenks. (upload.wikimedia.org)
I found the flag on Wikipedia, but I cannot find any reliable sources verifying that it is actually used or officially adopted by somebody. So take it with a pinch of salt....
Castle Berwartstein [Germany, Palatinate] (upload.wikimedia.org)
When a grid's misaligned with the one that's behind, that's a Moiré (upload.wikimedia.org)
An impressionist fond of a waterlily pond, that's a Monet (upload.wikimedia.org)
The flag of Angola was adopted on this day (11 November 1975). It stands out with the machete and cogwheel, bearing clear resemblance to the communist hammer and sickle. (upload.wikimedia.org)
The AK-47 and hoe of the Mozambican flag can also be seen as a version of the hammer and sickle, else the symbol is no longer used on national flags today....
Linux Distribution Timeline (upload.wikimedia.org)
A really neat graphic I randomly stumbled across on Wikipedia....
Today (November 3) marks 45 years since Dominica adopted its flag. It is the only national flag using the color purple outside a coat of arms. (El Salvador and Nicaragua have purple in their CoA). (upload.wikimedia.org)
(Since you almost need a magnifying glass to see the small purple fields in the rainbows of the flags of El Salvador and Nicaragua, I think they barely count.)...
230th anniversary of death of Olympe de Gouges, pioneer of feminism (upload.wikimedia.org)
Olympe de Gouges was a very early French feminist who was active during the French Revolution and was killed by Robbespierre during his reign of terror. She was particularly noteworthy because her activism could be regarded as an early form of intersectional feminism, because she fought not only for the rights of women, but also...
Today is the anniversary of the independence of Turkmenistan in 1991. Soon after, a new flag was adopted. With its carpet patterns, Turkmenistan possibly has the world's most complex national flag (upload.wikimedia.org)
(Or rather most complex, excluding flags with complex CoA.)...
Today, October 18, is Alaska day, commemorating the transfer of Alaska from Russia to USA. This is the Alaskan state flag, voted the fifth best state/province flag in Canada and USA in 2001. (upload.wikimedia.org)
Wikipedia article about the flag...
Today is the anniversary of the self governing island country Niue adapting its flag. In principle a typical colonial design, with Union Jack in the canton, but the stars on it give an original touch. (upload.wikimedia.org)
The large star in the middle represents the island of Niue, the four smaller stars represent the Southern Cross....
Flag used by Buchara Emirate, early 20th century. (upload.wikimedia.org)
This is a quite obscure flag that little is known about. I can’t even say that it is rotated the correct way and shouldn’t be lying down instead. However, I couldn’t help but opt for the funnier rotation....
Today marks 17 years without the old flag of Lesotho. I still kind of miss it, and finds the new one much more boring and bland. It was also (arguably) the only national flag using brown, besides CoA (upload.wikimedia.org)
Current flag for reference:...
Menlo park, CA (upload.wikimedia.org)
Today is the anniversary of Thailand/Siam adapting its current flag in 1917! (upload.wikimedia.org)
Back before the current flag, Siam used a red flag with a white elephant:...
On this day, 26 September 1962, the Yemen Arab Republic was declared in North Yemen after a coup d'état. Its flag was a typical red-white-red Arab nationalist flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)
The flag is very similar to the flag of Syria and Iraq, which had similar Arab nationalist regimes. In fact, for a time, the three countries had flags with one, two and three stars respectively!...
Proposed flag of Malta, replacing the George cross with a Maltese cross. The George cross is seen by some as a colonial symbol, and the appropriateness of a military award on a flag is also questioned (upload.wikimedia.org)
The George cross is indeed a British military award, that Malta received in 1942 for its bravery in WWII....
Today marks 40 years since the Caribbean nation Saint Kitts and Nevis adopted this flag! (19 September 1983) (upload.wikimedia.org)
Nevis, the smaller of the two islands, also has its own flag:...
The original winning design for the flag of Malaysia. IMO a nicer flag, without any inadvertent associations to Liberia and USA. (upload.wikimedia.org)
This flag won a nationwide poll in 1949, but some changes were made to it afterwards, leading to the Malaysian flag we know today. The reason for these changes seems somewhat unclear, more than that the politician Onn Jaafar suggested them....
Today marks 60 years since Malaysia adopted its current flag at 16 September 1963. (upload.wikimedia.org)
The previous flag was very similar, but with 11 stripes and an eleven-pointed star:...
Flag used by the Irish national rugby union team representing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. (upload.wikimedia.org)
They even have their special national anthem to represent the entire island: Ireland’s Call
Today Brazil celebrates its independence day. On September 7 1822 Pedro I declared Brazil independent, and soon after they adopted this flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)
