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AnSionnachRua  ·  2944 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Flag Stories

Wow! As others have commented, it's really interesting to see that so many new national flags were created after WWI and WWII.

But which are the best?

Seychelles gets points for breaking the mold a little:

But Mozambique wins on ballsiness with that AK:

And finally, though no longer used, a favourite that was an unofficial flag of Ireland and today is that of the province of Leinster:





veen  ·  2944 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd say the winner for most badass flag goes to Zheleznogorsk:

I love the Dutch flag, but I also quite like the Prince's Flag even though it is loaded:

Edit: also, this beauty:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%27s_Flag#/media/File:Brielse_Geus.svg

kleinbl00  ·  2944 days ago  ·  link  ·  

City flags are easy though. The Richland Bombers, for example:

Reference

At a country level I gotta agree on Mozambique... but Bhutan's is pretty dope, too:

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