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Below is a series of images of flags that have been provided to FOTW; some we have recognized, and some we have been unable to recognize. If you can help us identify any of these flags, please let us know! Contact the: UFE Editor.
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= Positive ID (Positive Identification)
= Tentative ID (Tentative Identification)
= Some Speculation
Image located by Nick Lamont, 26 March 2024
A UFE query here from Clay Moss. I think this is likely a home-made
flag - the crown looks like it might be glued on, and the union jack
is definitely not official - the diagonals are too symmetrical.
Rob Raeside, 13 January 2025
A flag collector has sent me this picture, asking me if I can identify
the flag, or ensign. Can anyone on FOTW recognize it?
Clay Moss, 13 January 2025
Image from ,
[Does anyone] know the context of the image - what was happening in the
photograph? Is it a screen capture from a video or a newspaper
article?
Rob Raeside, 22 February 2025
Image from Judge Muscat, 25 February 2025
This flag was submitted to JJ McCullough's YouTube page by Florian
Seaman of Littleton, New Hampshire. It was flying outside a condo
building in Bretton Woods, NH.
Judge Muscat, 25 February 2025
It was also re-posted to Reddit and they are also stumped on this as well. Note, the designer's name listed [on Reddit] is a red-herring.
Zachary Harden, 26 February 2025
The construction with a triangle (mountain) and muslim devices seems typical from Balawaristan.
Jaume Olle , 26 February 2025
I was going to say some sort of local flag from Azerbaijan, given the sun, moon, and stripes design.
Paul Bassinson, 28 February 2025
The star and crescent do certainly suggest an Islamic country, but I haven't found a match for it yet.
Judge Muscat, 28 February 2025
Could it just be that it is simply a decorative flag? Maybe it just symbolizes the area around Bretton Woods.
Daniel Rentería, 28 February 2025
True! In which case we may never know.
Judge Muscat, 28 February 2025
Image from Lindsay Macdonald, 23 June 2025
I recently bought a postcard (see attached image), which shows the
prize giving ceremony at what appears to be a boys’ school or college,
c.1905. But what is the flag on the left? It looks like a country or
dependency in the British Empire, but I can’t identify it. There are
hints of the Australian Federation flag and the Australian Civil Air
Ensign, but I cannot match it exactly. Is the central crown
significant?
Lindsay Macdonald, 23 June 2025
I offer some speculation only. My first method to find an unknown flag back in my UFE Editor days was to throw a speculative image together and use it as a search tool. I also carefully examine any illustration such on the postcard closely to determine if it shows evidence of PhotoShoping. For example, I examined both flags for signs of tampering or replacement and found a few under magnification, especially the 5-pointed stars on the left-hand flag as they seemed a bit brighter than the rest of the composition. Also, some interesting pixelation at the bottom and top of the flags. Not 100% sure, but suspicious.
My image search, also not conclusive but interesting, came up with an interesting match of a flag in the alternate history universe. Robert Sobel's alternate history book For Want of a Nail " is based on a British victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 and the collapse of the American bid for independence." On a webpage titled "For Want of a Nail" I found the fictitious national flag interesting. Add a Union Jack in the canton and a crown centered on the English cross and what do we have.
Peter Loeser, 24 June 2025
I wonder if it is a version of the royal ensign flag that is flown when the king or queen is actually on board?
Judge Muscat, 24 June 2025
My speculation is that it was a proposed flag of Australia from around the time of the Federation in 1901.
This flag bore some resemblance to the Federation Flag popular in Australia at the time.
The six stars on this flag probably represented the six states of Australia - compare this with a six-star version of the Federation Flag. Also worth noting were the positions of the two flags - it was common practice to fly/display the flag of Australia on the dexter side, and the Union Jack on the sinister side, to denote Australia as a nation, albeit within the British Empire.
Miles Li, 24 June 2025