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:...
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Nevis, the smaller of the two islands, also has its own flag:...
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....
The previous flag was very similar, but with 11 stripes and an eleven-pointed star:...
They even have their special national anthem to represent the entire island: Ireland’s Call
Article about the adoption of the flag...
Notice that the diagonal stripe goes from the top left to the bottom right, unlike most other flags with a diagonal line (DRC, Namibia, Republic of Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Solomon Islands, Tanzania). Brunei, however, also has the stripe in this direction....
For comparison, this is the standard version that you see plenty of nowadays: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/1280px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png...
The characteristic black-white gyronny is taken from the flag of Lisbon, but with the coat of arms of Ceuta in the middle (looking almost identical to that of Portugal). The addition of this coat of arms almost makes this Spanish city flag more Portuguese than the flags of Portuguese cities....
Wikipedia article about the flags of Napoleonic Italy...
Source: flagsforgood.com/blogs/news/transgender-flag-day...
Info about the flag
Here’s an example of the flags hanging at the Siena city hall:...
One of the strangest flags I’ve ever seen it didn’t last very long
The circle in the middle symbolizes the sun ad the moon (that’s why it is divided in two). The colors are those used in traditional Sámi clothing. Here’s an example of how the clothes could look:...
This is a series I used to do over on Reddit I may continue it on here
Taken from here: www.deviantart.com/…/Tri-State-568249219...