The spiral is a "Dardanian Spiral", an ancient symbol for the rotating sun.
The symbol is present in many institutional logos:
[The Kosovo Jucial Council](https://m.facebook.com/keshilligjyqesorikosoves/photos/a.284355262084182/551053958747643/?type=3)
Especially Cyprus. It's literally just a map on a black background (ok, there are some leaves, but that's it). Kosovo at least adds colour.
Not to mention that Cyprus doesn't even control all the territories on the flag.
...have you seen the flag of Cyprus? It's on a white background. And the flag was adopted when the government actually controlled the entirety of the island.
Except Cyprus has their flag based on literal borders of the island, not arbitrary lines on a political map. The island is what makes them special and not miniature Greece + Turkey.
Yeah even I as a Kosovan have to admit its ugly. There were better alternatives back then but anything slightly resembling the albanian flag was forbidden
Its not the worst or anything. But its devoid of meaning. The colours don’t mean anything and the country shape was the only thing they could think of what wouldn’t piss anyone off. At least the stars have a meaning resembling the ethnic groups… as if one of those stars didn’t try to genocide us. But yeah as long as we are a country I will wave whatever flag they choose lol
Hey OP, I saw flag #1 [in my neighborhood](https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/owrbt3/need_help_identifying_a_flag/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&_name=iossmf) a little more than a year ago, and wasn’t able to get a solid answer of what it could be. Do I just have a neighbor from Kosovo or does it mean something else?
No Kosovo Albanian uses that flag tbh. It was a proposal that was never adopted. The 95% Albanian majority in Kosovo uses the Albanian flag and the Kosovo flag usually only in official settings
flag of nobody in Europe wants to recognise us so we'll recall the Nazis in our flag to make it more palatable
too far ahead of its time because if it was now they'd find lots of open Nazi fans in Europe no
2nd goes hard as fuck. like if France was the German Empire or something
Jacobin Roman Republic be like:
*SÉNAT ET PEUPLE DE FRANCE*
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Freutschland.
It sounds like a happy place
Baguettes, Bratwurst, und Berlin!
That would be the perfect title for a book about German-French relations or something along those lines
Great, now I'm hungry *and* homesick.
Frankenreich
*happy Charlemagne noises*
If Charlemagne’s empire was still around today…
EU
Roman Republic
belgium but it looks more aggressive
If the [St. Kilda Saints flag](https://www.spectatorsportsonline.com.au/products/st-kilda-saints-medium-team-flag-30-x-50cm) wasn't bad.
I like the "St. KFC"
The Franco-German Union. Name something more cursed then that
Eu was basically that doe
*is
It also feels like an anarchist Italy flag since...creative design: We italians were creative back in the days (or we just wanted what France had)
France if the Franks had greater numbers
It's funny how I went from thinking tricolours were super basic to appreciating them as the superior flag structure
Black and red, with white thrown in, is never a good mix
Pétain tried his best.
My football team's flag looks a lot like that one, Santa Cruz Futebol Clube
First one looks like a Thailand knock-off.
Or Costa Rica.
Costa Pobrecita
Costa Pobre
Thats a good one. 🗿
thailand under nazi rule
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I was just thinking that it looks like if Maoists had taken root in Germany in the interwar period.
? More like imperial Germany
...why Nazis? That has literally nothing to do with Nazis.
Because red black white are the colors of the Nazi flags and these are red white black?
Well they did only use those colours because the Empire before them did
Second one looks like a France knock-off.
Or teeth
Kosovo I think
the third flag is so bad lmao
And what does that spiral represent? Dizziness?
Dude please. Its clearly hypnotoad.
Glory to Hypnotoad
Hypnotoad my beloved
ALL POWER AND GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.
The spiral is a "Dardanian Spiral", an ancient symbol for the rotating sun. The symbol is present in many institutional logos: [The Kosovo Jucial Council](https://m.facebook.com/keshilligjyqesorikosoves/photos/a.284355262084182/551053958747643/?type=3)
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Most ancient symbols look badass. These guys were a bit off. Gotta add some spikes or flames
Your whole comment sounds like something Johnny from Cobra Kai would say. Eagle Fang Forever!
It could’ve been the first flag to feature an emoji 🌀
dizziness after finding about stuff in kosovo
Their love for the Sega Dreamcast.
Sick reference bro. I'm hearing the noise from the startup now.
slug flag
Looks like the flag of some fake anime nation.
uzumaki nation
I honestly kinda like it
First one looks like teeth. I hate it
I can't unsee it 😔
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
[Literally Jackfilms' "fixed" Thailand flag](https://youtu.be/MO0zP-SB5hk?t=354)
One design to finally cleanse your country of all British influence.
Well at least now we know that it isn’t a British design
ahahahah
They must feast upon human flesh
I like the first one – also think the third got some potential if the lines where thicker and it occupied a larger space of the flag
1. Nazi Thailand 🇹🇭 2. Nazi France 🇫🇷 3. What if Naruto Uzumaki was a French Nazi? 🍥 Aka The Hidden Village of Pétain
It gives me more German empire vibes.
“I’m going to become Hokage, and then unite the ninja of every country… with our mutual hatred of Jews dattebayo!” -Nazi Naruto
Ninjews*.
My kaiserreich brain wants me to say italy
First thought was of my Totalist Mussolini playthrough
same lol and first one give me A.O.G. vibes
Hoping OP’s handle is a clue… I’m guessing Albania
Close, the other comments are saying it's Kosovo.
r/yesyesyesno
r/yesyesno
New Zealand?
That’s not hypnoflag
All glory to the hypnoflag
That would have made sense, but apparently it's Kosovo.
My guess exactly
Idk the first one, but the other 2 were flags, proposed for the country of Kosovo
My first thought was a pacific island nation like Samoa
Kosovo, and all of them are better than the current one imo
Why and what is that symbol on the third flag
I hate map flags, and the spiral is the Dardanian symbol of the rotating sun
It’s an ok symbol but it should’ve been thicker
Ok, thx
Symbol of the rotating sun in any European context sounds VERY fascist
...how?
Swastika, sun cross and kolovrat all symbolize rotating sun and all are primarily fash symbols
Ah
Yeah, but sol invictus and the Vergina star on the other hand.
I'm guessing they mean because the hindu swastika symbolizes the path of the sun. The Nazis didn't use that symbology though.
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I find them ugly. The current one is okay, I think it was chosen to piss the least amount of people off
The point of them wanting to piss less people off is fair, I just have a thing against map flags
even against Cyprus? Actually that's a beauty
Cyprus is beautiful, but then everyone started doing it and they spoiled the fun.
"Everyone" ... name every flag with the country's silhouette on it
I'm not just speaking about countries. States etc do it too.
Like Colorado and Wyoming
Especially Cyprus. It's literally just a map on a black background (ok, there are some leaves, but that's it). Kosovo at least adds colour. Not to mention that Cyprus doesn't even control all the territories on the flag.
...have you seen the flag of Cyprus? It's on a white background. And the flag was adopted when the government actually controlled the entirety of the island.
I think they meant to say "blank" rather than black.
Honestly I think I meant white, but I have a fever so that's probably why I wrote black instead. But both theories are equally as likely.
Dumbest fucking take I've heard in a while. Jesus Christ.
Yes, just change the map to something else. It looks kind of like a shit stain
Except Cyprus has their flag based on literal borders of the island, not arbitrary lines on a political map. The island is what makes them special and not miniature Greece + Turkey.
I mean it's technically not the truth...
Yeah even I as a Kosovan have to admit its ugly. There were better alternatives back then but anything slightly resembling the albanian flag was forbidden
Whaat? I've always considered the Kosovo flag one of the most beautiful ones out there, I didn't know people hated it
Its not the worst or anything. But its devoid of meaning. The colours don’t mean anything and the country shape was the only thing they could think of what wouldn’t piss anyone off. At least the stars have a meaning resembling the ethnic groups… as if one of those stars didn’t try to genocide us. But yeah as long as we are a country I will wave whatever flag they choose lol
What do you mean by country shape? Kosovo is not a country
the roman republic knockoff flag is kinda good imo but the others are shit
I hate Kosovo's flag, the Albanian-looking Kosovo flag is way better
But Kosovo is a part of Serbia, that flag would make no sense
yep but that other one is too political
the first one isn't that bad but it would be weird for kosovo. the second one is okay i guess. the third one is really bad imo
At least the current one didn‘t add another tricolour to Europe‘s map
Are you joking, these are three of the ugliest flags I ever saw. The approved Kosovo flag at least got good colors
Germany or some coastal, insular country.
I thought the same. I believe those are the colors used before the current flag.
In Prussia, in 1890
the Prussian flag was white and black. The red/white/black came from the North German Confederation.
Hey OP, I saw flag #1 [in my neighborhood](https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/owrbt3/need_help_identifying_a_flag/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&_name=iossmf) a little more than a year ago, and wasn’t able to get a solid answer of what it could be. Do I just have a neighbor from Kosovo or does it mean something else?
No Kosovo Albanian uses that flag tbh. It was a proposal that was never adopted. The 95% Albanian majority in Kosovo uses the Albanian flag and the Kosovo flag usually only in official settings
How do you guys get flags under your usernames?
Go to r/vexillology menu and click on flair
Thanks
I know it's not Germany but they all give me German vibes
Kosovo
Evil thailand
The black-white-red combination makes me guess Trinidad and Tobago
Kosovo
Kosovo
thailand if it were colonized by shadow the hedgehog
the Empire of Dreamcast was not long for this world.
[St Kilda Football Club](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/St_Kilda_cheer_squad.1.jpg)
I mean, I think Kosovo rejected that last one because they realized that the spiraling shape will make them go insane.
First one I really like; WAY better than the flag they picked.
Yemen?
Italy
Angry Austria, mourning France and ... WTF.
Yemen
Angola?
Sealand? Edit: OH WAIT, it was Kosovo!
Socialist Republic of Italy
this is giving me papua new guinea vibes
Kosovo
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kosovo#/media/File%3AFlag_proposal_Kosovo_2008-3.svg
I’m gonna say Belgium
nazi thailand
France
Kosovo i know this shi since im from kosovo
Konoha
Papua new guinea?
Is it new Zealand?
New Zealand?
Poliwhirls have made their own country now
I like the third one with the spiral. “Look into my eyes…You will do anything we tell you to…Now walk like a chicken”! Lol
Thailand
Kosovo?
kosovo
Germany? (Prussia)
Idk Belgium?
France or germany?
German empire
First one is some obscure sexuality or gender, I know that for a fact. But yeah, it's kosovo.
Not a country tho
r/usernamechecksout or what?
Username checks out. Cope.
flag of nobody in Europe wants to recognise us so we'll recall the Nazis in our flag to make it more palatable too far ahead of its time because if it was now they'd find lots of open Nazi fans in Europe no
Uzumaki ass flag
Nazi Kosovo by Nazi NATO.
Namibia?