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A circle of 12 upward-oriented 5-pointed golden stars centred on a blue field: represents the continent beyond the organisations as the Flag of Europe: 1986 [note 1] – Flag of the European Union [note 2] 1973–1983 Flag of the European Parliament: 1984– Flag of the Nordic Council: White stylised swan in a white circle upon a blue ...
The flag of Europe or European flag [note 1] consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union.It was designed and adopted in 1955 by the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe.
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This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons .
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
The flag is a rectangle divided by a diagonal stripe into a blue part (upper right) and a white part (lower left). The images on the flag reproduce the graphic elements of the coat of arms of the Dnipropetrovsk region, they are: nine stars on the blue part and a Cossack with musket on the left part. The flag's dividing line consists of ...
The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.
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