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(white flag, charged with the Olympic rings in blue, yellow, black, green, and red, representing the five continents Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania) Flag of the People's Republic of China (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 ...
Bangladesh naval Ensign (with combined national flag and white background) Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland Gambela Region, Ethiopia Ghana (1964–1966) Goshen (1883–1885, unrecognized) Iraq Iraq (1924–1959) Jordan Kenya Kuwait Libya Malawi (2010–2012) Ngobe-Bugle, Panama Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland Palestine
Flags come in many shapes and designs, which often represent something about the country or people that the flag represents. Common design elements of flags include shapes such as stars, stripes, and crosses, layout elements such as including a canton (a rectangle with a distinct design, such as another national flag), and the overall shape of ...
A green cross with a white border on a sky blue field, with a gold Tudor rose in the centre, 3:5. [15] 23 July 2006: Flag of Devon, alias St Petroc's Cross reg: A white cross with a black border on a green field, 3:5. [16] 16 September 2008: Flag of Dorset – The Dorset Cross, aka St Wite's Cross reg: A white cross with a red border on a gold ...
The war flag (equivalent to regimental colours) of the Army and the Air Force is of square shape, with a white cross on blue background. On the centre of the cross the image of Saint George is shown on Army war flags and the image of archangel Michael is shown on Air Force war flags. [1]
The design can be traced to the Russian Navy's ensign, which has a blue cross saltire on a white background. During the Crimean War , Finnish merchant ships that were captured by the British-French fleet flew a flag called Flag of St. George , which was based on the Russian Customs flag.
Three equal horizontal stripes of red (top), blue, and white charged with the coat of arms of Serbia shifted slightly to the hoist side; the principal field of the coat of arms displays a white two-headed eagle on a red shield; a smaller red shield on the eagle is divided into four quarters by a white cross. [712] [713] [140] [714] [715]
Greece's national flag between 1822 and 1970 featured a simple white cross on a blue background. It is not known why this version was adopted, and not a blue cross on a white background as was popular in the War of Independence. During the dictatorship, a navy blue version of the current flag with proportions of 7:12 was used. 1844–1922