Your favorite historical flags, with a name and brief description.
King's Colours, maritime flag of Great Britain (1606 to 1801).
Your favorite historical flags, with a name and brief description.
King's Colours, maritime flag of Great Britain (1606 to 1801).
War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1870 - 1945).
i was so ready to sperg out until i read the post
it's shit
the off-centred navy one is the best, no one cares about the shitty ija
Spanish Empire
>mfw all the best flags are the ones that don't exist anymore
Quebec
Dutch Prinsenvlag
Actual German flag with gold instead of piss yellow
Forgot to add, King's Colours = St. George's cross (patron saint of England, red foreground) + St. Andrew's Cross (patron saint of Scotland, blue background).
yorkshire
too many details
I like the eagle on both and i kinda hate current russian emblem cause of gold color of the eagle, i think black one looks cooler
Current Austrian flag
Naval Jack of the Republic of China, designed by Lu Haodong in 1895
now that's a flag...
Flag of Maryland. Kind of weird but I love the colors.
the shapes are the nice thing about this flag imo
the colors are shit and don't really match well
War flag of the Holy Roman Empire 13th–14th century
>no Denmark not you, mine is symmetric
Like this?
Flag of the Free Territory of Trieste (1947–1954)
symmetry is justice
I will forever hold the opinion that the first American flag was the best one. Newer iterations are too cluttered with stars, complete eyesore. I'm willing to admit though that the symbolism in the Betsy Ross is a tad retarded
>lol lets just represent the same thing twice
Am I crazy or isn't that the flag that french crusaders rallied under while the English had the white one?
America
Adal Sultanate
>reverse image search
>this was an actual American flag
>The first American flag
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
lmao i thought you were shitposting
Are you referring to the flag of Gascony?
behold the power of australian vexillography
I agree. I wonder what other reasonably numbered symbols we could have used. Maybe 10 stars for the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights?
Fucking kek
For a year after the war started, we weren’t actually seeking independence, only greater autonomy, and tried to declare our loyalty to the British crown with the Olive Branch petition, which was rejected.
shit
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>No Popery
should still be on the flag desu
Flag of Mozambique (1974-1975)
for me, it's the uniformity of the empire and its dominions and colonies. especially like india with the star, i think it was technically the governor-general's flag though
>Anglo propaganda
cringe
I really like number 2.
Our first king's flag.
You mean a cuck stamp?