What flag is this

Emoji Flags Explained

Jeremy Burge

As with most things Unicode-related, emoji flags are more complicated than they may first appear.

With calls in recent years for emoji representation of the Aboriginal Australian flag, Transgender flag, Brittany flag, Kurdish flag (and many more) it’s worth taking a closer look at the ways that flags can be added to the Unicode Standard, and how that impacts the set of flags available today.

After all, Apple’s iPhone only included 10 country flag emojis in 2008, and now there are 268. How were these 268 determined to be more eligible than any other flags?

Above: Only 10 country flags were on iPhone in 2008. Photo: Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia.

For each flag shown on an average emoji keyboard, there are at least four different ways it might be encoded behind the scenes.

While the code used to display a flag might seem like the least interesting part of a flag emoji, understanding these details is essential in determining why these 268 flags specifically exist, and help frame the feasibility of new flags in future.

Let’s use these as a starting point:

🏁 Chequered Flag

Chequered Flag is the easiest of the flags. It happens to look like a flag, but isn’t encoded any differently to a 📻 Radio or 🎺 Trumpet.

Flag like this (and 🚩) were generally added to Unicode for compatibility with the Japanese carrier emoji sets, or other pre-emoji fonts such as Webdings.

These generally aren’t associated with any specific country, region or group of people—although the 🎌 Crossed Flags emoji displays as Japanese flags on all major platforms (previously a South Korean flag on Samsung).

🏳️‍🌈 Rainbow Flag

Rainbow flag is a ZWJ Sequence of these two emojis:

Unicode has listed this as being Recommended for General Interchange (RGI), meaning major vendors support or have committed to supporting this sequence.

By design, ZWJ Sequences don’t require Unicode approval like a regular emoji does. As such, it’s possible for vendors to add more of these by joining two existing emojis together, if they wish.

The drawback is that without consensus among vendors, users won’t see custom ZWJ Sequences correctly across platforms and would instead see the individual parts. An example of this is:

Using the same concept as Rainbow Flag, Twitter supported a Pirate Flag in their Twemoji set for a number of years by joining the 🏴 Black Flag and ☠️ Skull and Crossbones before Unicode listed this flag as RGI in 2018. All major vendors now support it.

🇺🇸 Flag for United States

Country flags such as the one for the USA are created by pairing two Regional Indicator characters.

Systems look up to see if a pair is valid, and show a flag instead.

This is a clever system that avoids Unicode needing to create a new code point for every country. The United States flag is a sequence of these two characters:

The list of valid sequences for country flags is derived from ISO 3166-1 which is an internationally recognized list of countries and regions.

ISO 3166-1 also includes codes for some macro-regions, namely:

If there is a code on the list, it is listed as an emoji automatically, without any proposal required. [1]

Vendors aren’t required to support all of these flags (Microsoft doesn’t support any country flags on Windows, instead showing the two-letter country codes), but generally do support everything in the list for compatibility.

If the ISO 3166-1 standard was updated to add a new country tomorrow, that would almost certainly end up on the emoji flag list.

Aside: «Made Up» ISO 31661- codes

WhatsApp previously invented its own pairs of regional indicators for a few flags including Scotland (XS) and Texas (XT). These were used to display regions that weren’t covered by ISO 3166-1 (the «X» at the front indicated these aren’t part of the standard set). [2]

These codes didn’t work on other platforms, and would show just the letters if sent outside WhatsApp. In theory there was no reason other platforms couldn’t have supported these, but the challenge would have been scaling it to more regions, if it became popular. In fact, this is pretty much why Unicode exists in the first place: instead of companies backwards-engineering how other platforms display various text characters, have a standard that all companies contribute toward and agree to use.

Above: A Texas Flag emoji shown on the WhatsApp for Android emoji keyboard. Photo: Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia.

XT worked for Texas, but if this expanded to all US states, what would Tennessee use?

Due to the way these codes were implemented, sets of three or more Regional Indicator characters aren’t feasible, as text rendering engines will match any two with an emoji first (eg if XSD were used for South Dakota, text engines would render the XS as a Scottish flag first, and be left with the D hanging at the end)

This became a non-issue in 2017, when subdivisions such as Scotland and Texas gained support in the Unicode Standard, albeit using a different method.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Flag for Scotland (GB-SCT)

Until recently, Scotland was not eligible for its own emoji flag, at least in the way Unicode encodes flags.

The 🇬🇧 United Kingdom is listed under ISO 3166-1 (the list of countries which a country or region needed to be listed on to get a flag).

However ISO has a different list which shows subdivisions for each country. You can view subdivisions for the UK or the USA, or any country in the world. These use the country code, followed by a subdivision. For instance Scotland is GB-SCT and Texas is US-TX. Each code is unique.

Emoji 5.0 officially classifies every «regular» or «deprecated» subdivision as being valid.

Over 3,000 new flags are possible, if vendors wish to support them (not all subdivisions of the world actually have their own flags).

For the purposes of cross-platform consistency, Unicode has deemed three of these flags as RGI:

This means major vendors support or have committed to supporting these flags.

Should a vendor, such as Google or Twitter, wish to support more subdivisions they are perfectly able to do this: provided there is a valid code to use.

Above: The seven characters that make up a subdivision flag within Unicode.

At present, Unicode doesn’t assess proposals for subdivision flags in the same way as other emojis.

Instead of weighing up each region of the world based on regular selection factors (distinctiveness, likely frequency of use, etc); Unicode instead informs vendors of new proposals for subdivision flags at its quarterly Technical Committee meetings [3] and vendors are welcome to act on this information, should they wish to support additional subdivision flags.

Emojipedia most often sees requests for subdivisions that are perceived to have strong or independent identities; for example Brittany (Bretagne), Catalonia, Texas, California, Northern Ireland. [4] It seems reasonable that companies would be cautious when considering new regions: some may be contentious, and others could suffer from «the whole set» issue (Texas is a well known flag in the USA, but what about Idaho?)

WhatsApp now supports the subdivision flags for England, Scotland, Wales and Texas using valid subdivision codes, and not the previous bolted-on region codes of XE, XS, XW, and XT.

Geographical Flags Without Codes

A gap in Unicode flag support exists when it comes to geographical regions of the world which don’t have an ISO region code or subdivision code.

For example: Native American tribe flags, Australian Aboriginal flag, Maori flag, Torres-Strait Islander flag.

These all represent people of a region or part of the world, but don’t have an ISO subdivision code representing them. At present, Unicode doesn’t have any mechanism to support these types of flags:

“Flags intended to represent specific countries or regions of the world must have a valid Unicode region code (based on ISO/BCP47) or Unicode subdivision code (based on ISO 3166-2).”

Above: The Australian Aboriginal Flag does not have a corresponding region code, like many other flags of the world. Photo: Peripitus.

Other Flags

One category of flag that isn’t specifically regional is that of various Pride Flags, with various designs representing various LGBT groups including bisexual, transgender or pansexual communities.

These technically fall under the same criteria as any emoji proposal. Is it distinctive, is it likely to be well used, is it open-ended?

The last question could be one area that pride flags struggle, if it is unclear which pride flags are notable enough for representation, and by which criteria they are more notable than others.

Above: Many pride flags exist, some better known than others. Via Wikipedia.

If it were determined that one or more pride flags do meet the criteria for acceptance as an emoji, the question for Unicode would become: which type of encoding would it use?

For example, a Transgender pride flag could be encoded as a concept (eg a new code point for «Transgender Pride Flag» or «Transgender Flag» which could have any design), or by its colors (eg a ZWJ Sequence of 🏳️💙💗 or similar, or a code point describing the colors [5] ), or something else.

ZWJ Sequences are generally seen as more flexible, but it would be odd to use a color-based sequence if the design for any particular pride flag is likely to change over time. The same would apply to any code point that referenced the design instead of the intention.

There are multiple options for this flag currently used in various regions, so vendors may also want to be sure that a single design is representative of a community internationally, rather than have split views on which design to show for one emoji.

TL;DR: How Flags are Assessed

Details from Unicode about proposals for flags.

What This All Means

Not all flags are equal when it comes to standards bodies.

The fact that some obscure flags have an emoji (looking at you, Isle of Man) isn’t necessarily because they met current-day criteria about usage, but could just be that they were on the right list at the right time (namely, most region codes on the ISO 31616-1 list).

More subdivision flags are relatively simple to support (from a technical perspective) if vendors feel any would be worthwhile additions, and aren’t likely to cause unintended consequences. Flags have real-world implications, too.

Flags for countries, regions or people not grouped under an existing standard like ISO (and thus not eligible for encoding) are a difficult case. Whether, perhaps, a national standards body could add an ISO code for Australian Aboriginal or Torrest-Strait Islander people is something that might be considered by people in these communities.

As for other (non-geographical) flags, particularly pride flags, it seems as though some of these could be a real possibility, should they be able to make the case of meeting the current Unicode emoji selection factors.

Above: The Unicode code points inside various emoji flags.

Given the way flags act as a rallying icon for communities of people, it’s clear there will always be demand for new flag emojis.

While the option to send any flag as an image exists on most platforms, the issue is both about practicality (emojis are more flexible than images) but further: representation. [6]

Technically, the list of valid sequences for country flags are from the Unicode region codes, which in turn are derived from ISO 3166-1. The few exceptions and ways this list works is detailed here. As with any list, the exact definition of «what is a country» or «how many countries are there» varies. ↩︎

This naming convention is used within ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, whereby «X» at the start indicates a sequence not part of the standard, but permits a space where new ISO codes won’t be allocated. The European Commission and SWIFT use «XK» as a stand-in for Kosovo. Also supported within Unicode. ↩︎

Note: Emojipedia is a voting member of the Unicode Consortium. Companies such as Apple and Google are full members with one vote each, while Emojipedia is a supporting member with a half vote. I represent Emojipedia at Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) meetings, but don’t speak on behalf of any vendors, nor Unicode itself. ↩︎

In the case of Northern Ireland, no major vendor currently supports this flag, potentially due to the country having no official flag other than the Union Flag (🇬🇧). The most commonly-seen Northern Irish flag (he Ulster Banner) has had no official status since 1972 and is not used by the current Northern Ireland government or by the British government, though it is used to represent Northern Ireland internationally in some sporting competitions. ↩︎

«Blue Flag With Two Horizontal Middle Pink Stripes and One Horizontal Middle White Stripe» would follow a similar pattern to ⛿ White Flag with Horizontal Middle Black Stripe. ↩︎

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What is the US civil flag?

A civil flag is a version of the national flag that is flown by civilians on nongovernmental installations or craft. The use of civil flags was more common in the past to denote buildings or ships not crewed by the military.

Correspondingly, What is a variant flag? A flag-like object that is used in a similar symbolic manner as a flag, but that differs from a conventional flag in some way. Vexillum.

Next, What does a flag with vertical stripes mean?

The “on it’s side” vertical stripes were then declared to represent individual sovereignty over the King of England. This new flag, also known as the “Rebellious Flag” and the “Common Law” flag, quickly became the flag of the American Revolutionaries.

What is the difference between a state flag and a civil flag? State flags are those used officially by government agencies, whereas civil flags may be flown by anyone regardless of whether he/she is linked to government.

Regarding this, What is a blue flag with a yellow cross? The Swedish flag goes back to the middle of the 16th century. The design is said to have been inspired by the Danish flag, the Dannebrog. The precise origin and age of the Swedish flag is unknown but the first confirmed example of a yellow cross on a blue background dates from the middle of the 16th century.

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What is Pennant flag?

Definition of pennant

1a : any of various nautical flags tapering usually to a point or swallowtail and used for identification or signaling. b : a flag or banner longer in the fly than in the hoist especially : one that tapers to a point.

What is a canton style flag?

In vexillography, the canton is a rectangular emblem placed at the top left of a flag, usually occupying up to a quarter of a flag’s area. The canton of a flag may be a flag in its own right.

What is a canton on a flag?

What part of a flag is the canton? Technically the canton can be any quarter of the flag. In modern flag design it usually refers to the top left corner (upper hoist), which is the position of honor. The canton of the US flag is also called the Union – the blue background where the 50 stars are sewn or appliqued.

What does a vertical American flag mean?

When the American Flag is hung over a street, it should be hung vertically, with the union to the north or east. If the Flag is suspended over a sidewalk, the Flag’s union should be farthest from the building.

What flag has 4 stripes?

Flag of Mauritius.

What do the stripes mean on American flag?

The stripes represent the original 13 Colonies and the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well; red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.

What flag is yellow green and black?

national flag with two green and two black triangles separated by a yellow saltire (diagonal cross).

What flag is white with a blue cross?

The flag of Finland (Finnish: Suomen lippu, Swedish: Finlands flagga), also called siniristilippu (“Blue Cross Flag”), dates from the beginning of the 20th century. On a white background, it features a blue Nordic cross, which represents Christianity.

What flag is blue with a red cross?

national flag consisting of a blue field incorporating a white-bordered red cross. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 18 to 25. In the early 20th century the sanction of the king of Denmark was sought for a local Icelandic flag.

What is the red flag with a white cross?

The Swiss flag. The flag of Switzerland consists of a symmetric white cross on red background (Figure 3A), and represents just one of two square-shaped national flags in the world (the other being the Vatican State) [2].

What flag is red with black bird?

Flag of Albania

What is Red Cross flag?

During armed conflict, the red cross emblem means “don’t shoot,” that this person, vehicle, building or equipment is not part of the fight but is providing impartial assistance. The emblem provides protection for military medical units, transportation of the wounded, and for the Red Cross’s humanitarian aid.

What is a rope pennant?

A standard pennant includes rope, chafe sleeve, line floats, a thimble, and splicing labor.

When the flag is flown in the middle of a flagpole It is said to be at?

To recap, the American flag is flown at half-staff as a sign of mourning and remembrance. Also known as half-mast, half-staff involves raising the American flag to the top of the pole, and then lowering halfway down the flagpole.

What is pennant used for?

A pennant is a commemorative flag typically used to show support for a particular athletic team. Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc. Traditionally, pennants were made of felt and fashioned in the official colors of a particular team.

What does the 3 colors of the flag mean?

In the national flag of India the top band is of Saffron colour, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The white middle band indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The last band is green in colour shows the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land.

Why are there 7 red stripes and 6 white stripes on the flag?

The 50 white stars (50 since July 4, 1960) stand for the 50 states of the union. And the seven red and six white horizontal stripes, or pales, represent the original 13 states, or British colonies.

Does Texas have a flag?

The Texas flag is the only flag of an American State having previously served as a flag of a recognized independent country. The Lone Star Flag described above was not the first official flag of the Republic of Texas.

What is a triangle on a flag called?

A pennon or pennant is a flag that is larger at the hoist than at the fly. It can have several shapes, such as triangular, tapering or triangular swallowtail.

What is a flag heading?

Heading – The heavy canvas or other reinforcing material at the side or end from which the flag or banner will be supported. Hoist – The side of a flag next to the pole.

Что означают разные полосы на американском флаге?

Полосы представляют 13 первоначальных колоний. а звезды представляют 50 штатов Союза. Цвета флага также символичны; красный символизирует стойкость и доблесть, белый – чистоту и невинность, а синий – бдительность, стойкость и справедливость.

Соответственно, почему на американском флаге 7 красных полос? 50 белых звезд (50 с 4 июля 1960 г.) обозначают 50 штатов Союза. И семь красных и шесть белых горизонтальных полос, или бледных, представляют первоначальные 13 штатов или британских колоний.

Далее, почему флаг красно-бело-синий?

Вопрос: Что означают цвета флага? Ответ: Согласно обычаю и традиции, белый означает чистоту и невинность; красный, выносливость и доблесть; а синий означает бдительность, настойчивость и справедливость.

Что означает черный полосатый американский флаг? По сей день кажется, что за полностью черным американским флагом нет ни одного конкретного символа. Как правило, вражеские силы используют черные флаги для обозначения того, что вражеские комбатанты собираются быть убитыми, а не взятыми в плен— по сути, это противоположность белого флага, символизирующего капитуляцию.

В связи с этим, неуважительно ли развевать американский флаг на своем грузовике? Ответ предоставлен. Хотя размещение флага таким образом не является незаконным, можно считать неуважением вывесить американский флаг на грузовике, если флаг отображается неправильно. Если вы хотите точно следовать правилам уважения флага, вам необходимо: Всегда держать флаг над землей.

Какие 3 типа американских флагов?

Вашингтон продолжал активно участвовать в создании знакомого американского флага с тринадцатью красными и белыми полосами, синим кантоном и тринадцатью звездами.

Сегодня есть три типа американских военных флагов:

Можно ли развевать флаг под дождем?

Важные вещи, которые следует помнить

Флаг не должен подвергаться погодным повреждениям, поэтому его не следует вывешивать во время дождя, снегопада и ветра, если только это не всепогодный флаг. Его следует показывать часто, но особенно во время национальных и государственных праздников и особых случаев.

Разве неуважительно носить американский флаг на спине?

Флаг никогда не следует использовать в качестве одежды, постельного белья или драпировки. Он никогда не должен быть украшен гирляндами, оттянут назад или вверх, в складки, но всегда должен свободно падать.

Законно ли вывешивать потрепанный флаг?

Сможете ли вы поднять потрепанный американский флаг? Короткий ответ — «нет». По данным Министерства по делам ветеранов США, флаги, на которых видны прорехи или которые кажутся значительно изношенными, не должны подниматься ни при каких обстоятельствах.

Что такое черно-белый американский флаг?

В то время как полный черно-белый флаг американского флага рассматривается как символ протеста и выражение восстания. Черный флаг часто используется в протестах, которые могут быть политическими или неполитическими, но используются как символ протеста и бунта против превосходства.

Ты должен снимать свой флаг, когда идет дождь?

Флаг не должен подвергаться погодным повреждениям, поэтому его нельзя вывешивать во время дождя, снега и бури, если это не всепогодный флаг.

Что означает американский флаг с одной звездой?

Флаг Либерии или либерийский флаг, иногда называемый Одинокой звездой, очень похож на флаг Соединенных Штатов, представляя основание Либерии бывшими черными рабами из Соединенных Штатов и стран Карибского бассейна. Республика Либерия.

С какой стороны дома вы вешаете американский флаг?

Американский флаг может висеть с любой стороны крыльца, если нет второго флага (или нескольких флагов). Если на крыльце висят два или более флага, американский флаг должен висеть с левой стороны крыльца, если смотреть с улицы.

Может ли американский флаг развеваться ночью без огня?

Кодекс флага США гласит, что вывешивание флага США в ночное время без надлежащего освещения является незаконным. Кодекс американского флага является частью федерального закона. Каждый штат использует его в качестве основы для своих собственных кодов флага, касающихся обращения с американским флагом и его отображения.

Можно ли вывешивать флаг ночью?

Синопсис. Граждане Индии теперь могут поднимать национальный флаг даже ночью. НЬЮ-ДЕЛИ: граждане Индии теперь могут поднимать национальный флаг даже ночью. Это при условии, что флагшток действительно высокий, а сам флаг хорошо освещен.

Какие 3 вещи никогда не следует делать с флагом?

Краткий список правил этикета флага:

Почему на военной форме США флаги перевернуты?

По сути, идея перевернутого назад американского флага на армейской униформе состоит в том, чтобы создать впечатление, будто флаг развевается на ветру, когда человек, носящий его, движется вперед. Во время Гражданской войны как конная кавалерия, так и пехотные части назначали знаменосца, который нес флаг в битву.

Почему нельзя позволить американскому флагу коснуться земли?

Не позволяйте ему коснуться земли!

Если американский флаг висит на флагштоке так низко, что касается земли, на нем, скорее всего, будет скапливаться грязь. А если он продолжит касаться земли, то может получить более серьезные повреждения в виде порванной ткани.

Можно ли оставить флаг на ночь?

Согласно Кодексу флагов США, все американские флаги должны вывешиваться от восхода до заката каждый день. Спускание флага ночью — высший знак уважения к Старой Славе. Но, как и во многих правилах, здесь есть исключение. Вы можете держать свой флаг развевающимся 24 часа, если он правильно освещен в темное время суток.

Почему солдаты США носят флаг задом наперед?

«Флаг изнаночной стороны» обычно встречается на военной форме и применяется, когда герб страны находится на правом рукаве. Идея состоит в том, чтобы создать впечатление, будто флаг развевается на ветру, когда человек, носящий его, движется вперед. Голубое поле звезд всегда должно занимать самое почетное место.

Что такое синий американский флаг?

Является ли флаг «Тонкая голубая линия» неуважительным?

Начальник полиции заявил, что символ был задуман как «памятник полицейским, погибшим на службе своей общины». Однако один попечитель отметил, что «многие считают этот патч расистским, независимо от его намерений».

Чего никогда нельзя делать с американским флагом?

Флаг никогда не должен касаться чего-либо под собой, например, земли, пола, воды или товаров. Флаг никогда не следует нести горизонтально или горизонтально, а всегда в воздухе и свободно. Флаг никогда не следует использовать в качестве одежды, постельного белья или драпировки.

Есть ли на американском флаге 50 или 52 звезды?

Сколько звезд и полос на флаге? 50 звезд представляют 50 штатов, а 13 полос представляют 13 первоначальных колоний. из Всемирной книги фактов ЦРУ.

Почему на американском флаге всего 48 звезд?

Чтобы отметить добавление штатов в штатах Нью-Мексико и Аризона, 48 июля 4 года американский флаг вырос до 1912 звезд. Рисунок, который включает шесть горизонтальных рядов по восемь звезд, был заменен 4 июля 1959 года на добавление флага Аляски. звезда, и это вторая по длине используемая версия флага в истории страны.

Сколько полос на американском флаге?

Основные акты, влияющие на флаг Соединенных Штатов, следующие: Резолюция о флаге от 14 июня 1777 г. гласила: «Решено: флаг Соединенных Штатов должен состоять из тринадцати полос, чередующихся красных и белых; чтобы союз состоял из тринадцати звезд, белых в синем поле, представляющих новое Созвездие».

С какой стороны входной двери должен быть американский флаг?

Обычно он летит либо справа, либо слева от входной двери. Может быть с любой стороны. Когда есть выбор, займите видное положение. Иногда это слева от двери, иногда справа, иногда в стороне от двери, но по центру дома (например, когда у вас есть крыльцо).

Кодекс флага США позволяет отображать американский флаг на стене, но только в том случае, если он установлен в соответствующем положении. Согласно Кодексу флага США, американский флаг должен быть установлен на стенах, окнах или дверях звездами слева (с точки зрения наблюдателя).

What flag is Peru?

vertically striped red-white-red national flag; when displayed by the government, it incorporates the national coat of arms in the centre. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 2 to 3.

Regarding this, What color is the flag of Ethiopia?

The flag of Ethiopia features three horizontal bands, each of a different color. The top band is green and it represents the land. Yellow is the center band and symbolizes peace and hope. Finally, the final band is red and represents strength.

Then Which is the flag of Mexico? vertically striped green-white-red national flag with a central coat of arms featuring an eagle, a cactus, and a serpent. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 4 to 7.

What is the Uruguay flag?

Flag of Uruguay

Subsequently, What does the Ecuador flag look like? Ecuador’s flag consists of three horizontal stripes of yellow, blue, and red, with Ecuador’s coat of arms in the center. The Ecuadorian flag consists of three horizontal stripes and a coat of arms in the center. The color scheme was first adopted by the country in September 1860, and the coat of arms was added in 1900.

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What is the name of flag of France?

The “tricolore” (three-colour) flag is an emblem of the Fifth Republic. It had its origins in the union, at the time of the French Revolution, of the colours of the King (white) and the City of Paris (blue and red). Today, the “tricolour” flies over all public buildings.

Which flag was used in Uganda by the British?

During the colonial era the British used a British Blue ensign defaced with the colonial badge, as prescribed in 1865 regulations. Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in the colony of Uganda, had its own flag.

Does Egypt have a flag?

Egypt’s flag 1984-present

The current flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt consists of red, white and black horizontal stripes. Red represents the sacrifices and blood of Egyptian martyrs, white symbolizes peace, black stands for the dark period of occupation, and the eagle represents strength and power.

Is Italy or Mexico’s flag older?

Dear Male Giraffe Gabacho: What’s now the Mexican tricolor is technically older than the Italian tricolore — although Italian kingdoms had used red-white-green color schemes in their flags since the late 18th century, modern-day Italy really didn’t form until the Kingdom of Italy in the 1860s.

What country has an eagle on its flag?

The flag of Albania (Albanian: Flamuri i Republikës së Shqipërisë) is a red flag with a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center. The red stands for bravery, strength, valour and bloodshed, while the Eagle represents the sovereign state of Albania.

Flag of Albania.

What is the flag for Bolivia?

Flag of Bolivia.

What does the Sweden flag look like?

The national flag of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges flagga) consists of a yellow or gold Nordic cross (i.e. a horizontal cross extending to the edges, with the crossbar closer to the hoist than the fly) on a field of light blue. The Nordic cross design traditionally represents Christianity.

What color is the Panama flag?

quartered white-red-blue-white national flag with two five-pointed stars, one blue and one red. The flag’s width-to-length ratio is approximately 2 to 3. Although there were secessionist movements in Panama when it was part of Colombia during the 19th century, there was no recognized Panamanian flag.

Why does Colombia and Ecuador have the same flag?

The flags of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela are almost identical because at independence in 1822 they formed a confederation (Gran Colombia). They parted ways in 1830, but retained the same essential flag whose inspiration and design is attributed to freedom fighter General Francisco Miranda.

What is the flag for El Salvador?

Flag of El Salvador.

What national flag has a condor?

The coat of arms of Ecuador appears on the flag when used abroad or for official purposes, in order to distinguish it from the flag of Colombia. The design includes a condor on an oval shield with snowcapped mountains, a river, a steamship, and a sun.

What is the flag of China?

national flag consisting of a red field (background) with a large yellow star and four smaller stars in its upper hoist corner. The flag’s width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. The red of the Chinese flag has two historical bases.

What does the Switzerland flag look like?

The national flag of Switzerland (German: Schweizerfahne; French: drapeau de la Suisse; Italian: bandiera svizzera; Romansh: bandiera de la Svizra) displays a white cross in the centre of a square red field. The white cross is known as the Swiss cross or the federal cross.

Why is Uganda called the Pearl of Africa?

Uganda is truly the pearl of Africa because of the abundant biodiversity, color, profusion, brilliant life and its serene beauty. The country has got a variety of things to offer intact everything you might need in the travel world is mist likely to be in Uganda.

Who created Uganda’s flag?

The flag was designed by the Ugandan Minister of Justice, Grace Ibingira.

What is the Dubai flag?

Flag of the United Arab Emirates

What is the Arabic flag?

The Arab flags usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars, crescents and the Shahada.

What is the name of Afghanistan flag?

The national flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان بیرغ; Dari: پرچم افغانستان) consists of a white field with a black Shahada.

Flag of Afghanistan.

What flag is Norway?

The national flag of Norway (Bokmål: Norges flagg; Nynorsk: Noregs flagg) is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross fimbriated in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark.

What is this flag?

The following flag is worn by Princess Isabella when she meets William Wallace.

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Technically, it’s not a flag it’s a surcoat. It represents the coats of arms of her family. In heraldic terms, the display of these arms are known as impalement. In this case, the arms on the dexter side (her right) represent the arms of her husband, Edward II (the coat of arms of England) and on the sinister side (her left) those of her family (the coat of arms of France). The blue band on the Arms of England is known as a label and designates the oldest son of the king (aka the Prince of Wales).

As noted in the comments, the historic accuracy of the garment worn in the film seems questionable. As the Wikipedia article notes, Isabella was only nine/ten years old when Wallace died (and not the young woman portrayed in the film). She married Edward II in 1308, by which time Edward was already King of England. Therefore his coat of arms should no longer bear the label it has in the image.

As killing time says in his answer, Princess Isabella (called «The She Wolf of France» by historians centuries later) is wearing a surcoat with the coats of arms of her husband Prince Edward of Wales and herself (or the coat of arms of her father King Philip IV the (Un) Fair of France and Navarre).

Putting two or more different coats of arms together on the same shield, cartouche, seal, banner, surcoat, etc., etc., etc., is called marshaling. Forms of marshaling include quartering, dimidiation, and impalement (no doubt Dracula’s favorite form of marshaling).

It is customary for the coat of arms of a married couple (if they are both armigerous) to be marshaled by impalement. But I don’t know when that practice started, so I can’t say if Edward’s and Isabella’s arms would have been impaled in 1298, 1305,or 1308.

So what is Princess Isabella (c. 1295-1358) doing wearing a surcoat? Knights and warriors wore surcoats, and later jurpons, and later tabards, either plain or emblazoned with their coats of arms, over their armor, whether chain mail or plate armor, in battle, on campaign, and in tournaments.

A lady, princess, or queen could and often did accompany her husband, son, father, or other male relative on a campaign, but would not be expected to fight and so would not wear armor very often if at all, and so would not wear a surcoat, jurpon, or tabard over armor very often if at all.

Of course a lady, princess, or queen might wear a surcoat, jurpon, or tabard emblazoned with her coat of arms over her civilian clothes, instead of over armor, on various occasions, saying that she wanted to wear her coat of arms even if she wasn’t a warrior, and if she did, more power to her.

As a matter of fact, there is some evidence for some medieval persons, both male and female, wearing civilian robes and gowns emblazoned with their coats of arms, which we can hope was a very widespread practice.

The Wikipedia article on Isabella herself has several medieval illustrations depicting that practice.

This picture is said to date from 1315:

This «near contemporary» illustration

shows boy king Edward III of England doing homage for Aquitaine to King Charles IV of France in 1325. Charles wears a robe with the French coat of arms, Edward wears a robe with the English coat of arms, and Isabella wears a sort of a robe with the English and French arms impaled.

So therefore there is some evidence for males and females wearing coats of arms on their coats and other civilian, peacetime, garments.