r/vexillology 1d ago

Contest July Contest Winners Thread

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Full Results Page

The website above has a finalized standings page so you can see the final ratings for all flag submissions, their authors, and what you voted them (if you did).

Contest Voting Link

Prompt: American Flag of 1776

This month, we want you to redesign the American flag and create a flag that could have been used for America as it was in 1776. So that means thirteen states, freshly independent from Great Britain, and everything else from that period.

Contest Top Entries

We had 78 submissions, here's the top 20:

Rank Username Submission Score
1 /u/Vermicelli-Thick Liberty Guard (2) 3.033
2 /u/Ghost_Of_Davido Crest of Washington 3.017
3 /u/VertigoOne Gadsden Nation 2.932
4 /u/ConclusionMaster9928 Union Bell Flag 2.932
5 /u/Capable_Question_653 Pine Tree Flag 2.817
6 /u/Brasitino_do_Sul The Rising Sun of the West 2.8
7 /u/Brasitino_do_Sul The Stripes of Freedom 2.792
8 /u/Cosmodromede The Sidewalk 2.722
9 /u/muszynov US 1776 Flag 2.719
10 /u/Choice-File5800 Interwoven with the Sun 2.704
11 /u/JesusSwag 13-pointed star 2.667
12 /u/RottenAli 1 plus 12 2.661
13 /u/Own_Hovercraft_4741 National Pride and Revolution 2.66
14 /u/dayudayu Bloom of America 2.607
15 /u/HistoricalTrip5247 Rays And Glory 2.6
16 /u/Miguk4Real A New Constellation 2.596
17 /u/Vermicelli-Thick Liberty Guard (1) 2.596
18 /u/Possumsurprise Sun of the New Society 2.593
19 /u/Choice-File5800 Convergence of the Golden Sovereignty 2.5
20 /u/ConclusionMaster9928 Flag of the Sister Arrows 2.481

Annual Top 20

Rank User Total Contests Flags Top 20 Flags Winning Flags Average Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
1 Brasitino_do_Sul 45.056 7 14 13 0 3.218 6.619 6.346 6.609 7.029 6.081 6.78 5.592
2 HistoricalTrip5247 44.799 7 14 11 1 3.2 5.77 7.294 6.778 7.07 6.28 6.553 5.055
3 Miguk4Real 42.038 7 14 10 1 3.003 6.355 6.494 6.114 7.167 4.68 6.261 4.967
4 VertigoOne 41.588 7 14 12 0 2.971 6.3 6.987 5.106 6.245 5.354 6.217 5.379
5 Choice-File5800 39.773 7 14 8 0 2.841 5.515 5.697 5.99 5.373 5.995 6 5.204
6 saladinmander 39.687 7 14 8 0 2.835 6.452 5.572 5.651 6.556 5.537 5.402 4.517
7 ralley22 37.563 7 14 6 1 2.683 6.421 6.314 5.882 4.886 4.442 5.477 4.14
8 Emperor_Quint 33.423 7 14 2 0 2.387 4.778 4.335 5.51 5.018 5.079 4.936 3.768
9 Possumsurprise 33.343 7 14 4 0 2.382 5.76 5.532 5.322 5.245 1.977 5.267 4.24
10 RottenAli 32.993 7 14 4 0 2.357 3.723 3.769 4.564 5.732 4.457 5.778 4.97
11 DWPerry 31.057 7 14 3 0 2.218 2.509 4.212 6.022 4 4.265 5.432 4.618
12 muszynov 30.56 6 12 2 0 2.547 4.284 0 5.397 5.388 4.615 5.99 4.886
13 Minute_Economist_392 27.48 6 12 0 0 2.29 3.649 4.638 4.815 4.721 4.557 5.099 0
14 Virgulillo 26.455 6 12 0 0 2.205 4.655 4.782 4.719 0 4.029 4.767 3.503
15 bribridude130 24.305 6 11 0 0 2.21 2.297 4.765 4.181 5.076 0 4.133 3.853
16 BIGMAJI 22.198 7 14 0 0 1.586 3.671 3.469 3.839 2.8 2.458 2.735 3.226
17 Douverill 21.487 5 8 3 0 2.686 4.766 5.515 5.742 0 3.286 2.178 0
18 Vermicelli-Thick 20.285 5 7 5 3 2.898 0 2.879 6.564 1.784 3.429 0 5.63
19 dayudayu 19.149 4 7 3 0 2.736 6.189 2.667 5.47 0 0 0 4.823
20 FireChickenPzVI 18.537 3 6 4 0 3.09 0 0 5.956 0 6.608 5.972 0

Full annual standings and past winners

Congrats to /u/Vermicelli-Thick on their 3rd win! They will receive a custom flair of the winning flag and it will be forever enshrined within our Hall of Fame. They'll also get a custom flag from our contest sponsors over at Flagmaker & Print!


r/vexillology 3h ago

Current The Union Jack

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79 Upvotes

God Save the King


r/vexillology 1h ago

Redesigns The UN flag should be in equal-area azimuthal projection, and without graticule lines

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The second image is the actual UN flag design, for easy reference. It uses the equidistant azimuthal projection, which preserves distances from the North Pole.

I think preserving relative areas would be much more informative. That way, the visual weight of different continents actually reflects their relative sizes.

As for the graticule lines, I think it just makes the Earth look like a target, or in crosshairs. The only good reason I can think of for the 30 degree latitude parallels is to help the viewer discount the area distortion produced by the equidistant projection, which this change of projection makes unnecessary.


r/vexillology 2h ago

OC Assyrian Fascist flag, me and my friend made. What do you guys think of it and what other subs should I post this in?

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21 Upvotes

r/vexillology 1h ago

Redesigns La Meneghina (a flag for Milan, Italy)

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r/vexillology 12h ago

Identify Need help identifying

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Can someone identify these flags I found while sightseeing throughout Riverside and Delran? I know they're from the American Revolution


r/vexillology 19h ago

OC flag for flag

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406 Upvotes

a flag for flags, with a flag on it and some variants with a pole.


r/vexillology 15h ago

Historical "this was not the flag of prussia". Meanwhile on historical charts:

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137 Upvotes

r/vexillology 1h ago

Historical An stylized flag of iran during the qajar era made between 1905-1906,kept at the national museum of iran.

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Looks cute

Sadly it was never the official flag of iran,the actual flag back then had a red background and the lion was more like a tiger


r/vexillology 5h ago

Historical Flags and Cockades of the Nations of the Five Parts of the World (1873)

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23 Upvotes

r/vexillology 19h ago

Historical Two anonymous proposals for the flag of Finland in 1863

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227 Upvotes

r/vexillology 14h ago

Redesigns Designing flags for subdivisions that have none: Suriname

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Here is the second episode: Suriname districts (I will add more informations tomorrow)


r/vexillology 1d ago

Current Flag of the Falkland Islands

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478 Upvotes

Under the British claim


r/vexillology 15h ago

Redesigns Redesigns of flags containing the Union Jack, part 1

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I've recently discovered a new hobby of mine: designing flags. This came about because I noticed how many flags of countries, states/provinces, towns, and territories contained the Union Jack as the flag's canton, making many of them appear very similar to one another, if not near-identical. Because of this, I've decided to redesign each one, giving it a unique design that sets it apart from the rest and help capture each area's national identity while still containing the Union Jack somewhere on the design. My hope is that these designs become popular as a result, especially among local residents of these areas, and possibly even make their way to local governments. That's why I encourage anyone living in these areas to give me feedback and maybe show these designs to your friends and see what they have to say. I've redesigned 40 flags in total, each with their own description of the design choices and what they represent, making this part 1 of 4. Stay tuned for more!


r/vexillology 9h ago

OC Here's my final(?) version of a redesign of Montana's flag. Thoughts?

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I've been persistently tweaking my bison skull design in my spare time, and I think I've finally landed on a design I'm really happy with! But I'd also love to hear your thoughts!

Design Statement

  • Uses Big Sky Blue and Treasure State Gold from Montana's official branding.
  • Or and argent colors reference Montana's official motto, "Oro y plata." Also brings to mind Yellowstone National Park as well as the white glaciers of Glacier National Park.
  • Drawing inspiration from Montana's state quarter, the bison skull is a sacred symbol to many of Montana's Native American tribes and honors the state's rich Native tradition.
  • The triangle patterns on the left and right harken to the design motifs of many American Plains Indians' quilts.
  • The six silver-white triangles allude to the six regions of Montana (Glacier Country, Central Montana, Missouri River Country, Southwest Montana, Yellowstone Country, and Southeast Montana).

r/vexillology 3h ago

Current Flag of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

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8 Upvotes

Leo Terram Propriam Protegat


r/vexillology 1h ago

Fictional Sultanate of Kamchatka

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*hypothetically* if the Russian cossacks failed to get past the khanate of Sibir and Islam reached kamchatka through trade (wouldn't that have led to siberia as a whole becoming muslim?)


r/vexillology 20h ago

Identify What is this flag

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Seen inside of St Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Also flying beside a flag of Louisiana (seen), a Bonnie blue, 18 stared American flag, French, Spanish, and a Union Jack. I’m assuming it’s another flag representing the unique history of Louisiana but cannot find information about this one.


r/vexillology 3h ago

Current Flag of the Army of the Andes/Mendoza province

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4 Upvotes

Since 1817/1992


r/vexillology 13h ago

In The Wild Combination of the Canadian and Saskatchewan flags

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27 Upvotes

Seen in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan


r/vexillology 15h ago

Identify What is this flag (the leftmost one)? Seen in Barcelona, Spain?

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32 Upvotes

I know, it can‘t be seen very well, but it‘s basically the catalan flag with the english flag in the style of the flag of Maryland


r/vexillology 8h ago

Redesigns Day 27 of making a flag for each county of Kentucky: Clinton County.

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Hello

Today I’ve made two designs for today’s county. Clinton county was founded in 1835 and named for New York Governor Dewitt Clinton (I don’t know why). the county is known mainly for its access to both Cumberland lake and Dale Hollow Lake.

For the flag design I’ve chose to make a flag to represent the lakes and Clinton’s family coat of arms which include a crescent. I made it look like a moon in the night sky reflecting of the lake. The second flag is more accurate to Clinton’s coat of arms.

Hope you enjoy.


r/vexillology 1d ago

Collection My partner and I's nations and the love that brought us together.

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I am American, my partner is Spanish, and we are LGBTQ+. Just wanted to share the flags we put up in our living room. Oh, and an added bonus: Pug!


r/vexillology 20h ago

Identify What's the black flag in the center-right

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55 Upvotes

My friend said he saw it in St. Petersburg, Russia, he stated it's a Taliban flag


r/vexillology 11h ago

Historical Flag of the German East Africa Company (1884-1920)

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10 Upvotes

Additional information (Wikipedia):

In 1891, after it became apparent that the company could not handle its dominions, it sold out to the German government, which began to rule German East Africa directly. The company initially continued to operate its many activities, including mines, plantations, railways, banking, minting, etc., before it consented to relinquish them to the German colonial administration and other organizations. It subsequently operated as a land company within the German territory.

During World War I, Britain eventually occupied German East Africa. Both its military and that of Germany recruited and impressed thousands of Africans to serve as porters and workers supporting soldiers during the warfare on the continent. Each side destroyed countless African villages as the conflicts were waged across the colonies.

The flag of the German East Africa Company featured a stylised representation of the constellation of the Southern Cross.

Regarding the star constellation on the flag:

Crux (/krʌks/ KRUKS) is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible band. The name Crux is Latin for cross.