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Byzantine flags and insignia. For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary right. [1] Various large aristocratic families employed certain symbols to identify themselves; [1] the use of the cross, and of icons of Christ, the ...
The Serbian cross ( Serbian: Cрпски крст, romanized : Srpski krst ), also known as the Firesteels ( Serbian: Оцила, romanized : Ocila ), is one of national symbols of Serbia. It is present on the coat of arms and flag of Serbia. The cross is based on a tetragrammic cross emblem of the Palaiologos dynasty of the Byzantine Empire ...
The coat of arms is a silver stylized double-headed eagle on a red shield with a crown above the shield. The eagle's heads are bordered with nine feathers each and face the outer sides of the shield. The beaks of the double-headed bald eagle are golden in color and gape wide. The feathers on the eagle's neck are arranged in four rows of seven ...
A horizontal tricolor of green, white, and red with the Shahada on the green stripe, and a black five-pointed star charged on the white stripe. Same as the regular flag, except with a white monocolour version of the Emblem of Somaliland in the canton. The flag of Somaliland ( Somali: Calanka Soomaaliland; Arabic: علم صوماليلاند ...
The transgender flag, also called the transgender pride flag, is used by people, organizations and communities to represent pride, diversity, rights and/or remembrance within the transgender community. Its usage is similar to the original rainbow flag but specific to the transgender community. It was designed in 1999 by Monica Helms and has ...
A white flag with the national flag of Papua New Guinea in the canton. PNG flag flying. The flag of Papua New Guinea ( Tok Pisin: plak bilong Papua Niugini) was adopted on 1 July 1971. In the hoist, it depicts the Southern Cross; in the fly, a Raggiana bird-of-paradise is silhouetted. The design was chosen through a nationwide design ...
A flag composed of alternating black and white strips, with a design similar to the rainbow LGBT pride flag, was created to represent straight pride. [1] Several variations of this flag exist. One uses white, grey and black colors, mimicking the rainbow flag and originating in the early 2000s.
The Pan-African flag (also known as the Afro-American flag, Black Liberation flag, UNIA flag, and various other names) is an ethnic flag representing pan-Africanism, the African diaspora, and/or black nationalism. [ 1][ 2][ 3] A tri-color flag, it consists of three equal horizontal bands of (from top down) red, black, and green.