Portal:Heraldry/DYK

Did you know...

• ...that during the Indonesian National Revolution the first Indonesian flag, Bendera Pusaka (first hoisting pictured), was cut in half to save it from the Dutch military forces?

• ...that C. S. Schilbred was among the founders of both the Norwegian Genealogical Society and the Norwegian Heraldry Society?

• ...that the coat of arms of Russia was designed by Yevgeny Ukhnalyov, a former political prisoner?

• ...that the Flag of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda uses the same colours as the flag of Venezuela, though in a different order?

• ...that for the filming of Max Manus in 2008, the flag of Nazi Germany was flown from the roof of the Norwegian parliament building for the first time in over 60 years?