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  2. Flag of Europe - Wikipedia

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    A circle of twelve five-pointed yellow stars on a blue field. Designed by. Collaborative effort involving various people, including Arsène Heitz and Paul M. G. Lévy. The flag of Europe or European flag[note 1] consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union.

  3. Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century

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    The aviator Matilde Moisant wearing a swastika square medallion in 1912. The symbol was popular as a good luck charm with early aviators. The discovery of the Indo-European language group in the 1790s led to a great effort by European archaeologists to link the pre-history of European people to the hypothesised ancient "Aryans" (variously referring to the Indo-Iranians or the Proto-Indo ...

  4. Flags of Europe - Wikipedia

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    A horizontal tricolor of yellow, red and white. 1954– Flag of Lower Austria: A horizontal bicolor of blue and yellow. 1921– Flag of Salzburg: A bicolor of red over white. 1960– Flag of Styria: A bicolor of white over green. 1945– Flag of Tyrol: The flag of Tyrol is a white over red bicolor. 1949– Flag of Upper Austria

  5. Symbols of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Flag of Europe. A "Flag of Europe" was introduced by the Council of Europe in 1955, originally intended as a "symbol for the whole of Europe", [26] but due to its adoption by the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1985, and hence by the European Union (EU) as the successor organisation of the EEC, the flag is now strongly associated with the ...

  6. Symbols of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Europe, emblem of both the Council of Europe and the European Union. The flag of Europe is used to represent both the European Union and the Council of Europe. It consists of a circle of 12 golden (yellow) stars on a blue background. The blue represents the west, the number of stars represents completeness while their position in a ...

  7. Flag of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    A yellow saltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by a fouled anchor. The national flag of Belgium (Dutch: vlag van België, French: drapeau de la Belgique, German: Flagge Belgiens) is a tricolour consisting of three ...

  8. Flag of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The flags should be flown from left to right with the European Union flag flown from the first flagstaff before the group. An alternative order of flags is to begin on the left with the national flag and place the European Union flag on the far right of the group, as seen by an observer. [63]

  9. Flag of England - Wikipedia

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    National flag. Proportion. 3:5 [1] Design. A white field with centred red cross. Argent, a cross gules. The flag of England flying alongside the flag of the United Kingdom in Southsea, Portsmouth, in July 2008. The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.