An anchor frequently appears on the flags and coats of arms of institutions involved with the sea, both naval and commercial, as well as of port cities and seacoast regions and provinces in various countries.

It is based on the semaphore symbols for " N " ( two flags held 45 degrees down on both sides, forming the triangle at the bottom ) and " D " ( two flags, one above the head and one at the feet, forming the vertical line ) ( for Nuclear Disarmament ) within a circle.

However, several coins, seals and images exist, both foreign and domestic, from the 13th to 15th centuries and even earlier, showing flags similar to Dannebrog.

* The flag of Venezuela, created by Francisco de Miranda to represent the independence movement in Venezuela that later gave birth to the " Gran Colombia ", inspired the flags of Colombia and Ecuador, both sharing three bands of yellow, blue and red with the flag of Venezuela.

* June 2007: the designated nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party complained about an artist's rendering of IKEA Belfast that included both the Union Flag and the Ulster Banner flag as two of the three flags in front of the store.

The IMAP4 protocol supports both pre-defined system flags and client-defined keywords.

Both flags feature the Union Jack in one corner, both have royal blue background, and both have the Southern Cross as a prominent feature.

Plain yellow, green, and even black flags have been used to symbolize disease in both ships and ports, with the color yellow having a longer historical precedent, as a color of marking for houses of infection, previous to its use as a maritime marking color for disease.

( Latin: " No-one provokes me with impunity "); the supporters are the unicorn and lion, who support both the escutcheon and lances, from which fly the flags of Scotland and England.

The monument consists of a granite disk embedded with a smaller bronze disk around the point, surrounded by smaller, appropriately located state seals and flags representing both the states and tribal nations of the area.

America officially neutral in war between Iraq and Iran ; America flags oil tankers to protect flow of oil in Persian Gulf, and sells arms and weaponry to both sides of the conflict.

After the race, Freeman took a victory lap, carrying both the Aboriginal and Australian flags.

Both countries were granted civil and military ensigns on the same pattern, their respective national flags with the addition of a union badge in the canton, combining the flag colours of both countries.

Signs are normally placed on both sides of the road and in some places there are small ( less than 1 / 4 the size of the sign ) rectangular orange reflector flags attached to both upper right corners of both signs.

Albania's maritime flags — the civil ensign and the naval ensign — are both different from the national flag.

The Civil War found Johnson County Fiscal Court passing an ordinance barring both Union and Confederate flags from being flown.

A Hokkaido Prefecture graduation ceremony with both the Hinomaru and the Hokkaido Prefecture flags

In 1844 a union badge combining Norwegian and Swedish colors was placed at the hoist of both countries ' flags.

Rosenthal briefly contemplated attempting to photograph both flags, but decided against it, so he focused his attention on the group of Marines preparing to raise the second flag.

After the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece in 1832, the new king, Otto, added the royal Coat of Arms ( a shield in his ancestral Bavarian pattern topped by a crown ) in the centre of the cross for military flags ( both land and sea versions ).

One effect is that Scottish flags are rarer than might be expected amongst both sets of supporters ; Celtic fans are more likely to wave the Irish tricolour while Rangers fans tended to wave the Union Flag.

Some national flags have been particularly inspirational to other nations, countries, or subnational entities in the design of their own flags.

Their visit to the Pacific Northwest, maps, and proclamations of sovereignty with medals and flags were legal steps needed to claim title to each indigenous nations ' lands under the Doctrine of Discovery.

During the memorial service, the Olympic Flag was flown at half-mast, along with the flags of most of the other competing nations at the request of Willy Brandt.

Ten Arab nations objected to their flags being lowered to honor murdered Israelis ; their flags were restored to the tops of their flagpoles almost immediately.

During his reign the flags of Yugoslav nations were banned.

Starting at 2: 00 p. m., Expo Commissioner General Pierre Dupuy officiated over the medal ceremony, in which participating nations and organizations received gold and silver medallions, as well as the ceremony in which national flags were lowered in the reverse order to which they had been raised, with Canada's flag lowered first and Nigeria's lowered last.

French / Irishman Luke Ryan and his lieutenants in just over two years commanded six vessels under the flags of three different nations and on opposite sides in the same war.

Earth meanwhile increasingly falls under the control of transnational corporations ( TransNats ) that come to dominate its governments, particularly smaller nations adopted as " flags of convenience " for extending their influence into Martian affairs.

The entrance to the park has a globe that resembles the Unisphere with " Universal Studios " on it ( although Universal Studios began using the globe as its logo decades earlier ), and an area of the park called " World Expo " that features world music and flags of many nations.

Known as the " Isle of 8 Flags ", it has had the flags of the following nations flown over it since 1562: France, Spain, Great Britain, Spain ( again ), the Patriots of Amelia Island, the Green Cross of Florida, Mexico, the Confederate States of America, and the United States.

The flags of three nations — France, England, and the United States — have flown over Grosse Ile since the first Europeans, French explorers, visited the island during the late 17th century.

The three flags flown daily above the parade ground symbolize the nations which have held Fort Niagara.

( 3 ) The flags of other nations are placed after the Estonian Flag alphabetically according to their French name.

Despite this mixed history, many Islamic nations and charities use the crescent symbol on their flags or logos ( e. g. Turkey, The Red Crescent, etc.

Multi-lingual pamphlets depicted many Asians marching or working together in happy unity, with the flags of all the nations and a map depicting the intended sphere.

The name refers to the flags of the six different nations that have governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.

* Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bhutan, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ecuador, Germany, Malaysia, the Philippines Spain, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Vietnam are examples of modern nations that use the color golden in their national flags.

Green, gold and red are now found on the national flags of many African nations, most notably in the bloom on the flag of Granada, the Moorish state in Spain.

It was hoped by Moscow that the non-Russian nations would remain within the USSR despite the removal of restrictions on freedom of speech and national icons ( such as the local pre-1940 flags ).

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander in chief of the Allied Armies in North Africa, and General Henri Honoré Giraud, commanding the French Forces, saluting the flags of both nations at Allied headquarters.

The colors of the rings can be found on all the flags PASO member nations.

These three colors, symbolising freedom and revolutionary ideals, are also used on the flags of many non-Slavic nations.