The flag of the Netherlands consists of three horizontal stripes: red at the top, white in the middle and blue at the bottom. The red symbolizes courage and strength, the white represents peace ...

Thus, red also signified proximity to the royal court, wealth and power. A white eagle on a red background was also present on heraldic flags. The symbol of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...