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@ 15-12-2005 13:19 RAWmeat | 99 posts
| What is the meaning of your national flag? The colors - and which order!
Germany:
Black
Red
Gold
The colors stand for freedom and democracy! The colors are taken from the uniforms of the army who fought against Napoleon between 1815 and 1817!
Black uniform, red stripes, golden buttons!
I'd like to know some other flags |
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 0  @ 15-12-2005 13:20 3x5comfwheel | 7,935 posts
| Um the American Flag has 50 stars for the 50 states
and 13 stripes for the 13 original colonies I think | 0 @ 15-12-2005 13:26 Dagor | 
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| The german flag is heraldically false. It is about the only flag in the world in which the colours are not separated by a metal ...
Heraldic colours: blue, red, green, black, (purple)
Heraldic metals: gold, silver | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 13:51 grounded_angel | 
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| Portuguese flag
The green symbolize the hope and the red is the blood of the people who died for the Nation.
In the centre there is a shield that represents the discovers made by Portugal. There is also 7 castles that means the victories of the portuguese people! | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 14:46 stupot | 14,962 posts
| the union jack is a combo of the flagged crosses of the various saints of uk.
-the red '+' on the white background is that of St George who is englands patron saint. he supposedly killed dragons.
-the white 'x' on the blue background is St Andrew. dunno what he did.
-and the red 'x' on a white background is St Patrick who did something (again, i dunno what) which gave Ireland an excuse to drink. not that they need an excuse but yeh... | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 14:48 Dagor |
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| and why is it called 'union jack'? | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 14:49 Dzz | 1,908 posts
| The german flag is heraldically false. It is about the only flag in the world in which the colours are not separated by a metal ...
Heraldic colours: blue, red, green, black, (purple)
Heraldic metals: gold, silver
how is it the only flag tht the colors are not seperated by a metal ... how many flags have metals in them?? or did i just completely understand that wrong?? | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 14:55 stupot | 14,962 posts
| i have no idea
*researches*
the 'union' bit comes from it symbolising the union of the countries to one another.
and the 'jack' bit:
-It may come from the 'jack-et' of the English or Scottish soldiers
-or from the name of James I who originated the first union, in either its Latin or French form Jacobus or Jacques
-or, as 'jack' once meant small, the name may be derived from a royal proclamation issued by Charles II that the Union Flag should be flown only by ships of the Royal Navy as a jack, a small flag at the bowsprit.
i reckon the 3rd one is right | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 14:58 Dagor |
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| For instance (just discovered an interesting fact):
When the red cross of England was put onto the flag of Scotland, a white border was added around the red cross for reasons of heraldry. The rules of heraldry demanded that the two colours must never be placed on top of each other, or even touch each other
Correct flags are:
the french one: red and blue separated by silver
the italian one: red and green separated by silver
the spanish one: red and red separated by gold
the belgian one: black and red separated by gold
... | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 16:59 _MusiCC | 744 posts
| Holland
from top to bottom:
red
white
blue..
I have nooo idea why 
if any1 does, pls tell me  id like to know | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 17:13 Dagor |
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| The dutch flag originated during the rebellion in the late 16th century. It is the flag of the 'Geuzen'. I think it is based on the one of Willem van Oranje. | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 17:15 LinkinLawg | 19,068 posts
| the US flag has:
50 Stars - represents each state
13 Stripes - represents the original 13 colonies.
and the colors are red, white and blue, no idea what they represent. | | 0 @ 15-12-2005 20:16 Dzz | 1,908 posts
| What are the rules of helardry? | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 01:03 RAWmeat | 99 posts
| Dagor! Thinking before posting! Your post about ther German flag is the biggest b***s*** I've ever heard! omg  | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 01:04 dakondakblade | 
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| um a maple leaf.. canadas national symbol.. go figure | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 01:10 lay969 | 198 posts
| well the usa is red white and blue
but the italian is red white and green and i lived there till i was 4 soo..pick one | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 01:23 xcr4zyx | 
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| Greek flag... well .. its got the white cross in the corner on a sea of blue .. and then there are 5 blue stripes with 4 white stripes in between. | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 01:55 X9463M | 932 posts
| México:
green white red
with an eagle eating a snake on a cactus in the middle of the flag....the white part.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think that during the independence a guy named Agustín de Iturbide proposed a deal to Vicente Guerrero and it was called "Plan de Iguala"(plan of....Igualaa place here) or "De las 3 Garantías"(of the 3 warranties). And it was because these 2 guys wanted different kinds of government for Mexico (or sth like that...heh). So they made the flag with those colours which represented the main things they asked for (i dont know the word for that)
green->freedom or independence(because we wanted Spain out of here)
white->religion(they all wanted to be catholics)
red->union(everyone wanted to live...well, united.and without slaves).
^^that's for the colours. Now, the eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus is supposed to be a legend of the aztecs i believe. it was said thet whenever they found that eagle eating the snake on the cactus they should establish a great city on that place. and it seems they found the place and founded Tenochtitlan.
ah well...sorry if it's confusing.
and feel free to correct if anything is wrong 
| | 0 @ 16-12-2005 02:13 lay969 | 198 posts
| oh sorry i didnt read the meaning part the first time......
well the usa flag is the 50 states and 13 stripes is for the 13 colonies.
and my grandma always told me that the italian flag color were taken from the pizza...you know green basil, white curst, and red sauce...but shes also crazy  sooo i wouldnt qoute me on this. | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 13:55 Dagor |
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| Dagor! Thinking before posting! Your post about ther German flag is the biggest b***s*** I've ever heard! omg
I think I know quite well what I am talking about, thank you. | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 14:01 Barakine | 
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|  *laughs at the guy who posted that ^* | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 14:03 shrushti | 2,369 posts
| 'The Indian flag is a horizontal tricolor in equal proportion of deep saffron on the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom. The ratio of the width to the length of the flag is two is to three. In the centre of the white band, there is a wheel in navy blue to indicate the Dharma Chakra, the wheel of law in the Sarnath Lion Capital. This center symbol or the 'CHAKRA' is a symbol dating back to 2nd century BC. Its diameter approximates the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes, which intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation. The saffron stands for courage and sacrifice; the white, for purity and truth; the green for growth and auspiciousness.
| | 0 @ 16-12-2005 14:53 RAWmeat | 99 posts
| Dragor! It's possible that the German flag has no "metal" in it...but...
Thats's not why they chose these colors (black,red,gold)! They chose because of... look at my first post. | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 14:57 Dekar | 36,121 posts
| Elements of the Canadian Flag | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 15:09 Barakine |
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| The flag
From what I've heard:
Yellow - the sun, the yellow circe in the sky
Green - nature, the beauty of Lithuania
Red - blood, that covered our land in wars and battles | | 0 @ 16-12-2005 15:22 FoNT | 1,940 posts
| asutralia is blue white and red
the union jack symbolises it is a british colony
the 7 pointed star represents the commonwealth (one point for each state)
the 5 other stars are the southern cross, a constellation |
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