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Commentary:
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A Lithuanian flag I made, using a variety of Lithuanian symbols. I had a giant silhouetted image of a Lithuanian horseman lying around, and I figured I might as well use it for something.
The colours are pretty modern though, so the PoD would have to be somewhere in the 20th century.
When I made this, I pretty much just wanted to add as many Lithuanian symbols as I could fit on the flag. Considering how ridiculously "patriotic" it is, I suppose it would be suitable for some sort of nationalist and/or religious fundamentalist dictatorship of Lithuania.
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Symbology:
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The crosses on top represent this alternate Lithuania's undying loyalty to the Church.
The horseman in the middle represents a type of Lithuanian light cavalry, known as "Vytis". It has been used on a variety of Lithuanian banners and flags throughout history, and is still used on the state flag today.
The symbols to the sides are known as the Columns of Gediminas, one of Lithuania's oldest known heraldic symbols. To quote Wikipedia: "They were used in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, initially as a rulers' personal insignia, a state symbol, and later as a part of heraldic signs of leading aristocracy."
The five stars underneath represent the five historical regions of Lithuania.
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Vytis
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it looks strong, yet well designed.
it is also better than the actual flag of Lithuania, because it recognizes the rule of tincture [red is not placed next to green].
the only problem i see here is that the Columns are doubled, but i understand that it's made due to symmetry.
The red and green combination of the original flag always got on my nerves; makes it seem kind of half-assed, you know?
The original design had two large Greek crosses in those fields, but I figured that would a bit too much with the crosses on top, so I substituted them for a Lithuanian symbol of roughly the same size. Since this is pretty much supposed to be the flag of a Nationalist-Religious Fundamentalist Lithuania, I figured that including two of them would be acceptable.