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(red flag, charged with yellow canton stars in the top left corner, colors reminiscent of the Flag of the Qing dynasty and the Flag of the Republic of China) Flag of Japan (white flag, charged with a centered red circular disc representing the sun, embodying the name Land of the Rising Sun )
The Seljuk star is an eight-pointed star polygon that is an ancient Turkish ... An Ottoman flag with an eight pointed star (after 1844) Flag of the Emirate of ...
This recently adopted flag is a simple white rectangle, with a central red cross connecting all four sides of the flag; in each of the four corners is a small red cross. The flag is based on a historic five-cross design that dates back to the 14th century. 1991–1992 1990–2004 Georgia See also: List of Georgian flags [note 3] 2004– 1918–1920
The American flag or Stars and Stripes made a major contribution to the modern flag tradition and the idea of a flag representing both population and government, like the French flag after the Revolution. [2] The various blue, white, and red striped banners were adopted, somewhat changing the order and position of stripes (vertical and horizontal).
The red flag, the hammer and sickle and the red star or variations thereof are some of the symbols adopted by communist movements, governments, and parties worldwide. A tradition of including communist symbolism in socialist-style emblems and flags began with the flag of the Soviet Union and has since been taken up by a long line of socialist ...
The national flag of Vietnam, formally the National Flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc kỳ nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), [1] [2] locally recognized as the golden-starred red banner (cờ đỏ sao vàng) [a] or the Fatherland flag (cờ Tổ quốc), was designed in 1940 and used during an uprising against the French and Japanese in ...
The U.S. flag code, which is not legally enforceable, says flags should not be inverted except as a signal of “dire distress,” but the symbol has been used as a form of protest for decades.
A Red Field with a white crescent moon and an 8-pointed star. 1793–1844: Flag of Ottoman Egypt: Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star. 1844–1882: Flag of The Ottoman Empire: A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star. 1844-1867: Flag of self-declared Khedivate of Egypt introduced by Muhammad ...