10 Countries or Territories Whose Flag Incorporates the Union Jack

1. Australia (since 1908)  
2. Fiji  (1902) 
3. New Zealand (1997) 
4. Tuvalu (1970) 
5. Bermuda (1910)   
6. British Virgin Islands (1960)  
7. Cayman Islands (1958)_  
8. Falkland Islands  (1999) 
9. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1985)  
10. Turks and Caicos Islands (1968)  

Two Books by Tim Marshall

A little while aggo I came aross a book by a man called Tim Marshall called Prisoners of Geography. A very helpful book, it explained the geographical element in geo-politics - why China takes the atttiude to North Korea it does, some of the attitudes Russia shows over Ukraine, etc. It was very helpful and well written. I then noticed that he also has a book on flags - Worth dying for. I waited until the paperback came out and this again proved to be fascinating as it explained flag by flag the various flags of the nations and a few more too. Some of it read like a detective novel as he painstakingly traced the origins of some of these. I am not really a fan of politics but I like to keep up to some extent and I enjoy obscure knowlede and so this unusual little book was right up my street. (You may have noticed some lists about flags on this blog while I was readuing the volume).

10 National flags showing weapons

1 Angola (machete)

2 Swaziland (spears)

3 Mozambique (AK47)

4 Saudi Arabia (sword)

5 Sri Lanka (sword)

6 Kenya (spears)

7 Oman (swords)

8 Barbados (trident)

9 British Honduras (axes)

10 Guatemala (rifles)

10 National Flags Depicting the Sun

 
1. Argentina

2. Bangladesh

3. Greenland

4. Japan

5. Laos

6. FYR Macedonia

7. Malawi

8. Philippines

9. Rwanda

10. Taiwan

Flags courtesy of ITA's Flags of All Countries used with permission.

10 National Flags Featuring Crescents

1 Algeria

2 Lybia

3 Malaysia

4 Mauritania

5 Pakistan

6 Turkey

8 Turkmenistan

9 Uzbekistan

10 Nepal

10 National Flags Featuring Crosses

1.  Georgia - the "five-cross flag"; the central element of it is St George's Cross (used also in the national flag of England); there is one smaller cross within each of the four quadrants
2.  Switzerland - a bold, white Greek cross in the centre of the flag
3.  Tonga - a red cross appearing as a canton of a red ensign
4.  Greece - a Greek Cross in the upper hoist corner
5.  Malta - a George Cross in the upper hoist corner (in the canton of the white stripe)
6.  Denmark - a Scandinavian cross
7.  Finland - a Scandinavian cross
8.  Iceland - a Scandinavian cross
9.  Norway - a Scandinavian cross
10.  Sweden - a Scandinavian cross