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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:...

My sinful California flag redesign (media.kbin.social)

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:...

State flags of the imaginary Union of Socialist Council Republics of America (images2.imgbox.com)

Source. Made by Regicollis.

Flag of Sudan for the Bandung Conference in 1955 (szmer.info)

The Bantustans of apartheid South Africa and their flags. These "countries" were created as homelands for various black ethnic groups, with the goal to isolate blacks from South Africa proper. (images2.imgbox.com)

Wikipedia article

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 marks 75 years since North Korea adapted its flag. The North Koreans themselves were reluctant, preferring the same flag that South Korea used, but changed under Soviet pressure. (lemmy.world)

Article about the adoption of the flag...

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)

Today, September 2, the city of Odessa celebrates its founding in 1794. Here's its flag! (upload.wikimedia.org)

TIL that the stars on the Uzbekistani flag are arranged as to spell "Allah" in Arabic script (الله) (images2.imgbox.com)

Today it's 62 years since Trinidad and Tobago become independent and adopted this flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)

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....

Color composition of red-white-blue flags (images2.imgbox.com)

My Pennsylvania state flag redesign (media.kbin.social)

Today is 32 years since Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union, August 24 1991. Back then, slightly different colors where used, and the ratio 1:2 (upload.wikimedia.org)

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...

Politics aside, what do you think of the change in the shade of blue of the Russian flag in 1993? (files.catbox.moe)

On this day, August 21, 1415, the North African city Ceuta was conquered by Portuguese forces. Nowadays the city is Spanish, but its flag still looks very much Portuguese. (upload.wikimedia.org)

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....

The flag of the Republic of Italy, a short-lived Napoleonic state in the north of Italy, was adopted on this day, August 20 1802. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Wikipedia article about the flags of Napoleonic Italy...

Today is the transgender flag day, commemorating the creation of the transgender flag by Monica Helms on August 19, 1999. This is the original flag that she donated to The Smithsonian in 2014. (cdn.shopify.com)

Source: flagsforgood.com/blogs/news/transgender-flag-day...

The curious flag used in Cambodia during the Japanese occupation 1942-1945, featuring a floor plan of Angkor Wat. (www.crwflags.com)

Info about the flag

Today the famous, biannual horse race Palio di Siena is held in Siena. Different districts of the city compete, each with its own flag, often featuring the animal that the district is named after. (images2.imgbox.com)

Here’s an example of the flags hanging at the Siena city hall:...

Today is the day of the Sámi flag. The flag is used by the Sámi people, an indigenous people living in the north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. (upload.wikimedia.org)

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:...

dead/retired flags part 2 (lemmy.ml)

One of the strangest flags I’ve ever seen it didn’t last very long