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Thursday, September 27, 2012

US Flag for Antarctic Territory


US Antarctic Territorial Flag
This flag represents US Territorial Claims in Antarctica.  The star field belongs to the Greatest Generation, which only has 48 stars instead of the modern 50.  The 48 starred American Flag was flown during WWI, WWII, and also used as a Naval Jack.

The field is divided like a Scandinavian Cross into thirteen parts.  Three horizontal red stripes are crossed with three vertical red stripes.

Likewise there are two horizontal white stripes balanced with two other vertical white stripes.  Thus there are total of ten stripes.

But then, three white fields tally up the field area into thirteen zones.  In each white field is a single blue star which makes up the most southern constellation - Octans the Star Compass.   Finally in the center of crossed stripes is an eight pointed star in honor of the most southern star on the Celestial Sphere.

4 comments:

  1. America doesn't have a territory in Antartica

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  2. Your design is simultaneously novel while remaining unabashedly American. Awesome interpretation!

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  3. Hello can I use this flag in a mod to the game that I am working on? Of course I will credit Your awasome work!

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