Flag Thread III
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Dorozhand
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Flag of the Empire of San Francisco, currently ruled by Norton VI 
Bald Eagle clutching a sword (representing defense, valour, and independence) and pickaxe (representing mining and general industriousness), and wearing the Imperial Crown.
Shield is Argent on a bend purpure six bezants
White for the beauty of San Francisco, Purple for the empire that upholds it, and six bezants representing the wealth of the area and the six Imperial Duchies (awarded during Norton I's reign to distinguished citizens): Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, and Sonoma.
Bald Eagle clutching a sword (representing defense, valour, and independence) and pickaxe (representing mining and general industriousness), and wearing the Imperial Crown.
Shield is Argent on a bend purpure six bezants
White for the beauty of San Francisco, Purple for the empire that upholds it, and six bezants representing the wealth of the area and the six Imperial Duchies (awarded during Norton I's reign to distinguished citizens): Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, and Sonoma.
No comments/questions about my flags
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7802337&postcount=8051
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7802337&postcount=8051
They might get confused fro British flags or, more specifically, former British colonies in Estonia and its surroundings.
But, in all honesty, I really dig that colour combination and overall arrangement. Speaking of confusion, you could have added brief descriptions to the flags. That last flag represents Karelia, am I right ? (I distinctly remember that one of the southeastern Finnish provinces has or had that CoA with the two different weapon-wielding arms.)
Flag of the Empire of San Francisco, currently ruled by Norton VI
LOL, good ol' Norton !
Cute. Was there really an extensive mining tradition near San Francisco ? I've never heard of it.
They might get confused fro British flags or, more specifically, former British colonies in Estonia and its surroundings.
Speaking of confusion, you could have added brief descriptions to the flags. That last flag represents Karelia, am I right ? (I distinctly remember that one of the southeastern Finnish provinces has or had that CoA with the two different weapon-wielding arms.)
1st flag (similar to british flag) is United Kingdom of Estonia and Finland
2nd flag is Estonia, 3rd is Finland, 4th is Lapland and last is Karelia
and Coat of Arms on last flag is CoA of province North Karelia but without crown
Reposted from Theocracy: Empires of Abomination: a Tyrian Purple variant of the flag of the Ecumene (a confederation of "the Greek Gods"). I figured it could also be the flag of some sort of fascist neo-Byzantine Empire:
Thank you, but credit goes to vongreif for making it. I just changed the background colour to purple.
Here's the original flag that he made:
Here's the original flag that he made:
They are very nice, though the Lapland coat of arms is something that Finland, Sweden or Norway don't use currently for the area. Is it borrowed from somewhere or did you make it yourself? It looks very good but has a somehow, um, generic "the North" feeling about it more than looking like a historical coat of arms or being indigenous to the area. In other words, in both good and bad something an ad man could make rather than, say, a vexillologist.
For the coat of arms for Lapland Finland and Sweden have traditionally used the "wildman with club" theme dating to the early 17th century, ordered by King Charles IX and designed by his German court architect. Interestingly, the competing design would have been "two fighting yellow wolves on a blue field", something that would be more representative for the area and something I would very much like see reproduced...
They are very nice, though the Lapland coat of arms is something that Finland, Sweden or Norway don't use currently for the area. Is it borrowed from somewhere or did you make it yourself? It looks very good but has a somehow, um, generic "the North" feeling about it more than looking like a historical coat of arms or being indigenous to the area. In other words, in both good and bad something an ad man could make rather than, say, a vexillologist.
For the coat of arms for Lapland Finland and Sweden have traditionally used the "wildman with club" theme dating to the early 17th century, ordered by King Charles IX and designed by his German court architect. Interestingly, the competing design would have been "two fighting yellow wolves on a blue field", something that would be more representative for the area and something I would very much like see reproduced...
The CoA of Lapland is from Coat of Arms thread, because I wanted them to be as independent states before Unification
Here is link to CoA https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=7008596&postcount=921
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Dorozhand
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Flag of the Yong Dynasty of China. The dynasty was Founded in 1861 by the northern "Black Turban Rebellion" after the Second Opium War. It's first monarch, the Jianshun Emperor, decided that China needed to reform itself into a modern state in order to compete with the encroaching Europeans. As part of this process, he had designed China's first national flag. Even through the changes later on, the "Jianshun Banner" has since been regarded as a respected symbol of China's resurgence in the late 19th century.
A canton of Yellow, representing the emperor, with the characters for "Great Yong" in the center.
A field of green, representing prosperity and health. Two bands of black (water) representing the Yangtze and Huang He rivers, and a band of white (metal) representing industriousness and China's determination to build itself up.
A canton of Yellow, representing the emperor, with the characters for "Great Yong" in the center.
A field of green, representing prosperity and health. Two bands of black (water) representing the Yangtze and Huang He rivers, and a band of white (metal) representing industriousness and China's determination to build itself up.
I like the combination of flags but I'd leave the fleur-de-lys out of it. But very nice.
Tsao
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That would look so much better without the text added (or at least with a different color for the text).
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