Flag Thread V

Gokbay

Gokbay

PolishMagnet said:
This is the five races flag but there are only four stripes? Why?
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Because there are no Tibetans in Manchuria?

A bunch of Mongol governments in the 30s and later Mengjiang used four coloured flags without the black.

Thought OTL Manchukuo did use all five colours, thought changing the meaning of red-blue-black colours (from Han, Hui (as in Muslims rather than the modern understanding of the term) and Tibetan to Japanese, Han and Korean) (yellow and white stayed for Manchus and Mongols).
 

Keperry

PolishMagnet said:
sorry but I'm confused

This is the five races flag but there are only four stripes? Why?

Why is the flag repeated, on a smaller scale inset in the top half? I don't understand.
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The colors don't represent the five (or four) races here, they represent the Eight Banners that made up the Manchu army: bordered and unbordered yellow, red, blue, and white, with the bordered in the top half and the unbordered below.

Also made another attempt (the symbol is a stylized version of the word "Manchu" written in Manchu script):
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PolishMagnet

PolishMagnet

Keperry said:
The colors don't represent the five (or four) races here, they represent the Eight Banners that made up the Manchu army: bordered and unbordered yellow, red, blue, and white, with the bordered in the top half and the unbordered below.
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ah ok, thanks.

Also I like this second design better
 
Aron MacEanraig

Aron MacEanraig

Series III of The Channel Islands flags

Ducal Banner of Normandy
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Government Ensign, Ensign of Consular officials and Ensign of the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club
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HM Channel Islands Customs Ensign
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Flag of Channel Islands Embassies
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Jersey version of the flag of The Channel Islands
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Largely unrelated - Flag of the Commonwealth of The Channel Islands
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Sorry if it's been posted on ah.com before - Royal Standard used exclusively in Ireland
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Aron MacEanraig

Aron MacEanraig

The UK Constituent Country of Brittany (pt 1)

National Flag and Flag of the Church of Brittany
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The Ducal Banner
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Government Flag
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Government Ensign and Ensign of the Royal Brittany Yacht Club
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Burgee of the Royal Brittany Yacht Club
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Civil Ensign
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Ensign of the Breton Lighthouse Board
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Unofficial Breton Ensign
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Another unofficial Breton Ensign
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Yet another unofficial Breton Ensign
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Gokbay

Gokbay

Ekg said:
I don't know the lore behind these flag, but I'm not sure a constituant country of a kingdom will use a flag heavily inspired by the USA since it's clearly republican
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Coat of Arms of Rennes does have stripes.

Also, British East India Company also used a triped flag with a canton while Malaysia uses a flag clearly inspired by the USA while being a monarchy.
 
Aron MacEanraig

Aron MacEanraig

Ekg said:
I don't know the lore behind these flag, but I'm not sure a constituant country of a kingdom will use a flag heavily inspired by the USA since it's clearly republican
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I don't think TTL Breton society would be much different in terms of political structure than OTL Brittany. IMO a republican Brittany would use a triband flag. OTL US flag is based on general British vexillological traditions, the stripes stand for ecclesestical dioceses - I don't think the Breton flag looks particularly non-British or republican and the Brits are usually liberal enough so that they can coexist with minor leanings such as this flag. I think the OTL Breton flag is rather pretty, even if I think it's better looking on the version below. My personal concern is more that it's an ensign design and those are generally created for maritime/ aerial use, not land use.

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Chrispi

Chrispi

Aron MacEanraig said:
I don't think TTL Breton society would be much different in terms of political structure than OTL Brittany. IMO a republican Brittany would use a triband flag. OTL US flag is based on general British vexillological traditions, the stripes stand for ecclesestical dioceses - I don't think the Breton flag looks particularly non-British or republican and the Brits are usually liberal enough so that they can coexist with minor leanings such as this flag. I think the OTL Breton flag is rather pretty, even if I think it's better looking on the version below. My personal concern is more that it's an ensign design and those are generally created for maritime/ aerial use, not land use.

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Why not? The Greeks did it:

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Ekg

Chrispi said:
Why not? The Greeks did it:

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I suppose it's like Belgium adopting a revolutionnary tricolor flag while having a king, 19th century nationalism adopted republican imagery even when the end result was good old monarchy
Now I want to see flag of countries in US style, like this old thread with all flags in nordic cross template...
 
Rascallite

Rascallite

Flag of the British Azores.

Maybe France wins the Peninsular War and the Brits occupy it as a safety measure. Who knows, maybe by the 1980's, the military junta of a somehow reunifed Portugal tries to take it back? Hehe.


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