# What flag is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 9, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flag-is-this/665778 "2013-08-09T03:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mil0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mil0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mil0)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flag-is-this/665778/1 "2013-08-09T03:33:31Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/TsDhCKW.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TsDhCKW.jpg) I thought it’d be the flag for one of the million islands off England, but I couldn’t find it. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flag-is-this/665778/2 "2013-08-09T03:36:40Z")
My first guess was pre-WWII Italy, but apparently it’s the Italian Naval Ensign. > **[File:Naval Ensign of Italy.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Italy.svg)** > > Original file (SVG file, nominally 1,500 × 1,000 pixels, file size: 200 KB) > Military naval ensign of Italy. > Tricolour scheme derived from Flag of Italy.svg. Coat of arms derived from Coat of arms of Marina Militare.svg > This version of the flag, with the lion bringing a sword upward and a large golden crown above the four coats of arms of medieval Italian maritime republics Venice (the winged lion), Genoa (the red cross on white background), Pisa (stylized white cross on red background), and Am... > [@Wikipedia](#): > > The flag of Italy with a naval crown and a shield divided into four squares representing the four Maritime Republics: Venice (represented by the lion, top left), Genoa (top right), Amalfi (bottom left), and Pisa (represented by their respective crosses). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flag-is-this/665778/3 "2013-08-09T03:55:21Z")
3 minutes. Slacker. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flag-is-this/665778/4 "2013-08-09T04:02:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 3 minutes. > > Slacker. Here’s the youtube video it was pulled from… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Pg1YKGhdpko/maxresdefault.jpg "puck") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg1YKGhdpko) You can buy the horse for $22k [http://www.equine.com/horses-for-sale/horse-ad-2784190.html](http://www.equine.com/horses-for-sale/horse-ad-2784190.html) ---
**Author:** ![mil0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mil0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mil0)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flag-is-this/665778/5 "2013-08-09T04:25:41Z")
Wow, that’s some creepy stuff. It’s actually from that exact barn, though the picture itself is from my cell phone. > [@Shmendrik](#): > > My first guess was pre-WWII Italy, but apparently it’s the Italian Naval Ensign. > > [File:Naval Ensign of Italy.svg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_Italy.svg) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-flag-is-this/665778/6 "2013-08-09T04:45:57Z")
> [@mil0](#): > > Wow, that’s some creepy stuff. > > It’s actually from that exact barn, though the picture itself is from my cell phone. I have to admit, that’s the first time I’ve ever had GIS pull pictures from youtube videos (and it found the one that was embedded in the website). They must have started indexing individual frames in them for some reason. I wonder if they’re going to start making the videos searchable somehow.