[fh] nac vexilliology was Re: Awards and Anthems(and now somebackground) [OT] [HIST]

> >so, the nac-as-a-whole symbol is the crown, and the following things

> >scotland - lion rampant / thistle

> >wales - dragon

> >ireland/ulster - harp / red hand

> >brazil - astral globe (off current flag) etc

> >navy - anchor

> >parliament - portcullis

> I like this alot!! What colours do you suggest for the backgrounds,

I suggest a blue field. The crown, leopards, harp, eagle, fleur de lys, globe,
and anchor should be gold. The unicorn and broad arrow should be white. The
wyvern, hand, and leaf should be red, which is not in accordance with the
rules of heraldry if displayed on a blue field. Perhaps instead a canton
(upper left quarter) can be changed to the appropriate background color, e.g.
for Canada white with the red leaf.

> On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, laserlight wrote:

pedant! still, it's always good to be accurate. pedantry is a virtue.

> > >army - war department arrowhead

fair enough. it's certainly not really generally recognisable enough to be
used as the symbol of the army.

> I suggest a blue field. The crown, leopards, harp, eagle, fleur de

a great many flags - the british for a start - do not follow the rules
of heraldry, on the grounds that they're flags and not shields. i think we
could probably get away with yellow on white. and if not, then we can always
claim that it is a 'crown proper'!

Tom