Symbols

[CurtSibling]

Do tell please Curt.

From that wikipedia thing:

"The Scottish flag is one of the oldest flags in the world, dating back to the 9th century. Legend has it that in c832AD King Hungus (or Angus) led the Picts and Scots in battle against the Angles under Athelstan. Hungus and his men were surrounded and he prayed for deliverance. During the night Saint Andrew, who was martyred on a diagonal cross, appeared to Hungus and assured him of victory. On the morrow a white saltire against the background of a blue sky appeared to both sides. The Picts and Scots were heartened by this but the Angles took fright and were defeated. The saltire has been the Scottish flag ever since."

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Coat of Arms for Bath

 

[Souron]

Russian seal:

Thats a two headed eagle with Saint George and the dragonsheild overlayed.

That George and the Dragon is the Seal for Moscow.

 

[nonconformist]

Looks like the Polish one.

 

[Rambuchan]

From that wikipedia thing:

"The Scottish flag is one of the oldest flags in the world, dating back to the 9th century. Legend has it that in c832AD King Hungus (or Angus) led the Picts and Scots in battle against the Angles under Athelstan. Hungus and his men were surrounded and he prayed for deliverance. During the night Saint Andrew, who was martyred on a diagonal cross, appeared to Hungus and assured him of victory. On the morrow a white saltire against the background of a blue sky appeared to both sides. The Picts and Scots were heartened by this but the Angles took fright and were defeated. The saltire has been the Scottish flag ever since."

Yeah nice story. There is a similar story about the Welsh leek. They were fighting the English in terrible wet muddy conditions. Everyone was so muddy that they could not tell their enemies from their allies. However the Welsh camp was situated near a leek field. The Welsh soldiers tied leeks to their helmets and the battle continued. I guess they must've won. I don't know how true that story is but it's quite funny.

Find this also: http://scotweb.co.uk/

 

[Rambuchan]

OK here are some flags to show you how messed up I am

Originally come from:

My name (and nominal religion) is from:

That's thanks to people like:

I grew up in:

But have lived most of my life in:

with people like:

 

[nonconformist]

What's the Third flag?

 

[WickedSmurf]

Coat of Arms for Bath

Really? I expected something more like this:

 

[Rambuchan]

What's the Third flag?

Zambia aka Northern Rhodesia.

 

[Rambuchan]

Really? I expected something more like this:

.. ..

 

[nonconformist]

From:

The insignia of our royalty

What we did to them:

The Brave revolutioonary:

And the Corsican leader of France:

And, of course (though I forgot), Marianne:

With the French Revolutionary cry "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite", but the Third republic conveniently left off "Ou la Mort!"
(Liberty, Equality, Fraternity [brotherhood]....Or Death!"

 

[Rambuchan]

Will you keep it to the symbols please mate? Nice little history there .

 

[stormbind]

Russian seal:

Thats a two headed eagle with Saint George and the dragonsheild overlayed.

That George and the Dragon is the Seal for Moscow.

Ours is better

 

[Rambuchan]

Ours is better

Raaaaaar!!! I graduated in front of one of those symbols.

 

[Jawz II]

heres one i like

 

[Princeps]

Here is Turku's coat of arms, or something...

Finnish flag...

And finland's coat of arms...

 

[Reno]

And a few more Finnish Coat's of Arms. (Called Vaakuna in Finnish.)

The Coat of Arms for Lappland. (Lappi)

The Coat of Arms for Satakunta.

The Coat of Arms for South Savo. (Etelä Savo in Finnish)

The Coat of Arms for Varsinais Suomi. (The Turku area)

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

Here's the one for my family

and here's the one for the realm of which I am Prince!

The 4 quarters represent the different family estates which combined to form the town. The spinning Jenny represents the fact that the true inventor of the spinning Jenny (one of the catalysts for the industrial revolution) was born in Leigh

 

[Rambuchan]

My star sign / symbol:

 

[schmiddi]

The coat of arms and flag of my home:

the coat of arms of the city dictrict i live in

the german coat of arms, national flag and service flag (only to be used by gouvernement officials)