The flag of Åland points to the location of the islands - it is the Swedishflag with an additional red cross symbolising Finland. Today, blue and white are considered the Finnish colours, but in the early days of Finnish nationalism, red and yellow (from the
arms) were also an option. National motto: ? Official language Swedish Capital Mariehamn Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Roger Nordlund Total Area - Land - Water 6,784 km² 1,527 km² 5,258 km² Population - Total (2002) - Density 26,257 17. ... Flag ratio: 5:8 The merchant flag of Sweden (1844-1905), with the Sweden-Norway union badge. ... Finland coat of arms This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ...
The first flags were used to assist military coordination on battlefields, and flags have evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is similarly challenging (such as the maritime environment where semaphore is used).
Flags are used in messaging or advertising, or for decorative purposes, though at this less formal end the distinction between a flag and a simple cloth banner is blurred.
The flag of Cuba is similar to the Irian Jaya flag.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 the fl-red-gold flag was entirely removed and replaced with the fl-white-red, though they would eventually, on September 15, 1935, replace virtually all German governmental flags with designs based on the swastika flag that had been their party flag.
The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) had initially used the same flag, but on October 1, 1959 it introduced a communist emblem to the centre of the flag: a hammer (symbolizing the workers), and a pair of compasses (symbolizing the intellectuals) inside ears of grain (symbolizing the farmers).
The national flag is further used as state flag by the highest federal authorities (Bundestag, Bundesrat, Bundesversammlung, Chancellery, Constitutional Court) to show their connection to the German people.
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