{"id":3934,"date":"2017-02-16T07:29:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T12:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2020-06-12T06:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T10:37:34","slug":"unusual-flags-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gettysburgflag.com\/blog\/unusual-flags-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual flags of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people can identify the national flags of the U.S.<\/a>, Great Britain<\/a> and the Soviet Union<\/a>. But hardly anyone can describe the unusual banners of the following countries:<\/p>\n

\"Nauru's<\/a>NAURU<\/a><\/h2>\n

What does Nauru\u2019s flag<\/a> look like? The first response should be, \u201cWhere\u2019s Nauru?\u201d The answer to that gives a tiny clue to the flag\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

An island speck in the South Pacific, Nauru \u2013 the world\u2019s smallest republic \u2013 sounds like a lovely spot. Actually, its reality is grim. The BBC News in England cites \u201callegations of human rights abuses and overcrowding.\u201d Asylum seekers headed for Australia<\/a> are pointed northeast toward Nauru and then abandoned.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Next year, the isle will mark the 50th anniversary of its flag which consists of a blue field and a yellow stripe running horizontally across the middle, standing for the Equator. Beneath the stripe \u2013 indicating that Naura is south of the Earth\u2019s dividing line \u2013 rests a 12-pointed star to mark the dozen original tribes that occupied the island.<\/p>\n

\"Paraguay's<\/a>PARAGUAY<\/a><\/h2>\n

Many flags have imitated America\u2019s and France\u2019s<\/a> red, white and blue colors, and Paraguay is no exception. But the banner of the South American nation<\/a> has a unique facet: It\u2019s different on its two sides.<\/p>\n

One side has three horizontal stripes. In the center of the white strip is a circle with the Star of May, marking the country\u2019s independence day.<\/p>\n

On its back, the flag sports the Treasury Seal, which features a cap of liberty (another French touch) and a lion. Above them runs a motto: \u201cPeace and Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mozambique's<\/a>MOZAMBIQUE<\/a><\/h2>\n

An unusual object makes up part of the busy design of this African nation. Its busy-ness includes the use of red, green, white, black and yellow, standing for, respectively, independence, fertile land, peace, Africa<\/a> and mineral riches.<\/p>\n

The banner also sports three objects, one of which is unexpected on a flag. The objects are a hoe to stand for agriculture, a book to salute education and \u2013 of all things \u2013 a rifle to represent defense. Now, you don’t have to be in a smuggling gang full of people who purchase AR-15 magazines<\/a>\u00a0to know that a gun is the last thing that symbolizes peace. The trio rests on a yellow star, which stands for Marxism.<\/p>\n

A 2005 contest to create a new flag without a rifle drew 169 entries, but the nation\u2019s Parliament rejected any change.<\/p>\n

\"Flag<\/a>GUATEMALA<\/a><\/h2>\n

If you think that Mozambique is the only country in the world with a rifle on it, think again and look at Guatemala\u2019s vertical white and blue stripes. In the middle of the central white strip lie both a rifle and a sword that proclaim the nation\u2019s defense of liberty.<\/p>\n

Two extra images also appear on the cloth: a laurel wreath and a quetzal bird with its elongated tail. The quetzal symbolizes freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most people can identify the national flags of the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union. But hardly anyone can describe the unusual banners of the following countries: NAURU What does Nauru\u2019s flag look like? The first response should be, \u201cWhere\u2019s Nauru?\u201d The answer to that gives a tiny clue to the flag\u2019s design. 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