by Roland Smoker | Aug 31, 2017
The flag of the Russian Oblast of Tula consists of three silver swords, two diagonal and one horizontal, with two gold hammers on a red background. The swords, which are pointed downward and to the left, represent protection. Had the swords been pointed upward, it...
by Roland Smoker | Aug 17, 2017
The flag of the English county of Essex consists of three swords with golden pommels on a red background. The use of this dates back to 1605 when Richard Verstegan claimed, in his work A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, that the king’s coat of arms was “three...
