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Post by battara on Jan 30, 2008 14:27:24 GMT -5
Here is my 1st Republic Flag. All of the elements are stitched together. What throws me is are the crescent moons and chain around the sun. I would first think that this was a Muslim motif. The Antiques Road Show that came by here last year thought that they may have been added later, but that the rest is authentic for sure. I don't know - what do you think?   |
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Post by sanduko on Jan 30, 2008 17:03:02 GMT -5
There is a thread on here somewhere that has some info about those flags.
WWII Mindanao/Sulu if I remember right.
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Post by VeeVee on Jan 30, 2008 22:53:19 GMT -5
Nice flag! It looks embroidered. Is the embroidery on one side only? What are its dimensions? Thanks.
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Post by battara on Feb 3, 2008 21:46:58 GMT -5
The Embroidery is on both sides. Dimensions are 62 inches by 34 inches. There are gometts at the top.
Paolo also thought this might be WWII Musim.
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Post by battara on Feb 4, 2008 17:41:47 GMT -5
There is a thread on here somewhere that has some info about those flags. WWII Mindanao/Sulu if I remember right. Sanduko, do you have any idea where it can be? I have done several searches (wide open for 1 year on this forum) and not found anything yet.  |
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Post by Jogador96 on Jul 6, 2008 9:16:53 GMT -5
That flag can't possibly be from the World War II era, since the design of the sun with the mythological face dates it to the revolutionary era. I also think the Muslims would have issues with the mythological face as being contrary to the rule against graven or drawn images.
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Post by paopadd on Jul 21, 2008 18:10:57 GMT -5
The flag with the mythological sun started in 1898 until 1936 when President M. Quezon's law removed the mythological sun from the flag replacing it with a sun without eyes , nouse and mouth . i think we can say this flag was an "emergency flag " made by the guerrilleros of sulu and Mindanao , allied with filipinos and americans ,who fought the japanese army; the crescent and the chain were added later on a filipino "traditional" flag ; the four stars represented Sulu, Mindanao, Basilan and Palawan ; on the "modern" (1899 circa ) flag of the Sulu Sultanate we can find out five stars: Sulu, Palawan, Basilan ; Kalimantan and Sabah.... .
as i told you before this flag was made in emergency so it didn't follow any kind of particular rule about colors and symbols .
For muslims to represent human images or other symbols is forbidden but we have many flags from Sulu and Mindanao that don't follow this rule...... .
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