This page has three parts: list of twin roundels (idea similar to User:Hosmich/Twin flags), list of minimal country symbols and list of heraldic symbols (coats of arms or flags) containing the other symbol of the same entity.

Twin roundels

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Colors are from outer to inner.

Blue, white, blue

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Red, yellow, green

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Red, white, black

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Red, white (siblings)

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White, red (siblings)

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Red, white, green

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Red, green, white

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Blue, red, white (siblings)

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Red, yellow, blue

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Red, white, blue

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Minimal symbols

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Here are listed simple symbols as striped or other simple flags as well as complex symbols recognizable for respective country. Sometimes more symbols of comparable complexity with different shapes are listed. List of similar symbols for languages is here.

Country Symbol
Afghanistan (simpler than any flag, CoA or roundel)
Albania
Algeria
Andorra (similar to Romania) (historical)
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Banglasdesh
Barbados
Belarus (similar to Russia) (historical, but recognizable)
Belgium (more standard proportions)
Belize (similar to Laos)
Benin
Bhutan (simplified flag)
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana (simpler, but less heraldic)
Brazil (less simple, but more recognizable)
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma (complex, but recognizable) (not recognizable)
Burundi (similar to Italy)
Cambodia (simplest, but wrong colors) (simpler device)
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad (both similar to Romania)
Chile (similar to Liberia) (simplified CoA)
China
Colombia
Comoros (common for all historical flags, e.g. )
Congo, DR (still recognizable)
Congo, Republic
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia (less recognizable)
Cuba
Cyprus (similar to Greece)
Czech Republic (less simple, but recognizable)
Denmark (simpler, but less recognizable)
Djibouti
Dominica (parrot alone is not recognizable)
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador (similar to Colombia)
Egypt (similar to Yemen)
El Salvador (similar to others in Central America)
Equatorial Guinea (less recognizable)
Eritrea (simpler) based on flag
Estonia
Ethiopia (what is more recognizable?)
Fiji or bird from
Finland (less recognizable)
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia (less recognizable)
Germany (what is simpler?)
Ghana (similar to Bolivia and Congo)
Greece (less recognizable)
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana (less recognizable than flag)
Haiti
Honduras (less recognizable than flag)
Hungary
Iceland
India (more recognizable) (simpler)
Indonesia (similar to Monaco) (inspired by emblem)
Iran (less recognizable) (still recognizable)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica (simpler proposal is basis for roundel)
Japan
Jordan (less recognizable)
Kazakhstan (main devices from flag in star shape)
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South (pan-Korean)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos (similar to Belize) (recognizable?)
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia (similar to Chile) (simplified flag)
Libya
Liechtenstein (is crown alone recognizable?)
Lithuania (less recognizable)
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi (based on flag but without sun)
Malaysia
Maldives (simplified flag)
Mali
Malta (not confuse with Sovereign Military Order of Malta)
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico (similar to Italy)
Micronesia
Moldova (more recognizable) (simpler)
Monaco (similar to Indonesia) (based on CoA of House of Grimaldi)
Mongolia
Montenegro (simplest heraldic) (based on flag)
Morocco
Mozambique (devices in chevron are on emblem and roundel too, but flag is most recognizable)
Namibia (without white)
Nauru
Nepal (comparable simple, less recognizable)
Netherlands (national color) (simplest flag)
New Zealand (heraldic symbols) (other ferns)
Nicaragua similar to others in Central America, but more recognizable than these roundels
Niger
Nigeria
Norway (historical, modern roundel is less simple)
Oman (simpler version in roundel) (not recognizable)
Pakistan (more recognizable)
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea (less recognizable) (device is simplified emblem)
Paraguay (similar to France)
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal (less recognizable)
Qatar (less recognizable)
Romania (both similar to Chad)
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa (less recognizable)
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia (what is simpler?)
Senegal (what is simpler?)
Serbia (simplest heraldic) (simplest mix of tricolor and cross)
Seychelles (less recognizable)
Sierra Leone
Singapore (simplest flag)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka (not simple, but recognizable) (simpler than , but both are not recognizable)
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland (simpler than CoA, but shield alone is minimal)
Sweden (less recognizable)
Switzerland
Syria (Assad) (rebels) both based on historical flags and recognizable (fusion)
Tajikistan (simplest heraldic) (less recognizable)
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey (simpler, but less recognizable)
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu (unique)
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom (compound) (simplified) (unifying symbol)
United States (simpler roundels are historical)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu or "curved tooth" alone
Vatican (Holy See)
Venezuela (simpler than this roundel)
Vietnam (less recognizable)
Yemen
Zambia (simplified flag)
Zimbabwe
Abkhazia
Cook Islands (recognizable despite different colors)
Kosovo
Nagorno-Karabakh
Niue
Northern Cyprus
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somaliland
South Ossetia
Taiwan
Transnistria
Hong Kong

Some minimal symbols can be drawn by microheraldry using solid squares.

Hungary (CoA)



Slovakia



Slovenia



Rows should be continuous, but let's imagine it.

Duplicated symbols

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This list is limited to sovereign states, dependent countries, former countries, some subdivisions and cities. More duplicated symbols you can look for in categories at the beginning of each part or here.

Flag is heraldic banner

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(see commons:Category:Heraldic banners)

  • Albania modern
  • Algeria (1962-1971)
  • Austria
  • Avanduse (Estonia)
  • Bahrain
  • Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
  • Bavaria (lesser CoA)
  • Some regions of Belarus: Brest, Grodno, Minsk City
  • Regions of Belgium
  • Many provinces of Belgium (except Luxembourg and Namur) part of shield:
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Some states of Brazil: Maranhão (part of shield), Pará, Federal District
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon (background of shield)
  • Some provinces of Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island
  • Central Department (Paraguay)
  • Channel Islands: Herm, Sark (cantons)
  • Chile (moved star)
  • Some regions of Chile: Magallanes (part of shield), Los Ríos
  • China (background of CoA)
  • Como (Italy) non-free CoA
  • Cook Islands (without canton) non-free CoA
  • Corsica
  • Regions of the Czech Republic
  • Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
  • Dominican Republic (civil ensign)
  • Egypt (without CoA)
  • Regions of France
  • Greece (part of flag)
  • Hamburg (Germany)
  • Hong Kong
  • Iceland
  • Iraq
  • Ireland (presidential flag)
  • Some regions of Italy: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily, Veneto
  • Jihlava (Czech Republic, rearranged)
  • Kenya (stripes and shield separated)
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kõo Parish
  • Kuwait (part of CoA)
  • Lebanon
  • Counties of Lithuania and some cities + Jonava, Šiauliai, Marijampolė
  • Luxembourg (civil ensign)
  • Macau
  • Madeira
  • Malta
  • Isle of Man
  • Martinique
  • Maryland (only shield)
  • Mauritania (part of CoA)
  • Micronesia (part of CoA)
  • Moldavia (historical)
  • Monaco (variant flag)
  • Morocco (part of CoA)
  • Mpumalanga (South Africa) non-free CoA
  • Nagorno-Karabakh (part of shield)
  • Namibia
  • Nelson, New Zealand
  • Provinces of the Netherlands: Overijssel (lion transformed to border stripes), South Holland
  • Some cities of the Netherlands: Hilversum, Maastricht, Utrecht, Zwolle

  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Counties and municipalities of Norway (more here)
  • Olomouc (Czech Republic)
  • Palestine
  • Philippines (part of CoA)
  • Some voivodeships of Poland: Lower Silesian, Łódź, Masovian, Pomeranian, Greater Poland
  • Pula (Croatia)
  • Puntland
  • Qatar (part of emblem)
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon (rearranged fields)
  • Samoa (only canton)
  • Sabah (mount and tricolor separated)
  • Sarawak
  • Many municipalities of Serbia (more here)
  • Singapore (part of flags)
  • Somalia
  • Spain (naval jack)
  • Some communities of Spain: Asturias, Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia, Community of Madrid (part of CoA), Murcia

  • Provinces of Sweden (official flags)
    (unofficial flags are often Nordic Crosses: )
  • Switzerland
  • Cantons of Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan (naval jack)
  • Tanzania (part of CoA)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Many counties of the United Kingdom File:Cumbria County Council coat of arms.jpg (many CoAs are unfree)
  • Victoria (Australia)
  • Vietnam (part of CoA)

Coat of arms in flag

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(see commons:Category:Flags with coats of arms)

  • Afar Region (Ethiopia, unofficial CoA) (regions of Ethiopia have no official CoAs)
  • Afghanistan (monochromatic)
  • Andorra
  • Anguilla
  • Some provinces of Argentina: Corrientes, Jujuy (modified), La Pampa, La Rioja (part of CoA), Mendoza (modified), Neuquén (part of CoA), Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz (part of CoA), Santa Fe (main figure), Santiago del Estero (main figure)
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Austria (state flag)
  • States of Austria (state flags)
  • Some regions of Belarus: Gomel, Minsk, Mogilev, Vitebsk
  • Belize
  • Berlin (only bear)
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia (slightly modified)
  • Bonaire (device from inner shield)
  • Cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
    ( is obsolete)
  • Brazil (not coat of arms, but seal)
  • Brazil (proposal)
  • Some states of Brazil: Alagoas, Ceará, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina
  • British Antarctic Territory
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Brunei
  • Bago Division of Burma File:Seal bagodivision.png
  • Some subdivisions of Canada: Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Yukon
  • Cayman Islands
  • Channel Islands: Jersey, Alderney
  • Many regions of Chile (except Atacama, Coquimbo, O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Magallanes and Los Ríos)
  • Some comunes of Chile
  • Chinese Soviet Republic (part of CoA)
  • Colombia (naval ensign)
  • Departments of Colombia: Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Sucre
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Counites of Croatia
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Some subdivisions of Ecuador: provinces Chimborazo, Santa Elena
    cantons Chunchi, Guamote, Salinas, Santa Elena
  • Egypt (monochromatic)
  • Many governorates of Egypt (some CoAs are only on Arabic Wikipedia)
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Estonia (presidential flag) lesser CoA:
  • Counties of Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland (state flag)
  • French Polynesia
  • Germany (slightly different)
  • Some states of Germany: civil flags: Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland

state flags: Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Hong Kong (1959-1997) unofficial
  • Hungary (proposed state flag)
  • Counties of Hungary
  • Provinces of Indonesia
    exception: West Sumatra
  • Iran
  • Many cities in Israel
  • Italy (civil ensign, not national CoA)
  • Italy (1890-1946, lesser arms)
  • Some regions of Italy: Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Trentino-South Tyrol, Tuscany, Umbria
  • Kedah
  • Kelantan (simplified CoA)
  • Districts and republican cities of Latvia
  • Liechtenstein (only crown)
  • Some cities of Lithuania: Klaipėda, Kaunas, Telšiai, Vilnius
  • Mayotte (unofficial)
  • Mexico
  • States and many cities of Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Monaco (state flag)
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • New Caledonia (unofficial) co-official flag contains part of emblem
  • Nicaragua
  • Oman
  • Provinces of Pakistan
  • Paraguay
  • Some departments of Paraguay: Amambay, Cordillera, Itapúa, Misiones, Paraguarí, San Pedro
  • Penang (only palm)
  • Peru
  • Peru (war flag)
  • Some provinces of Peru: Lima, Pucallpa, Ascope
  • Some regions of Peru: Callao, Amazonas, Loreto
  • Provinces of the Philippines (most CoAs are unfree)
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Poland (variant)
  • Some voivodeships of Poland: Lublin, Podkarpackie, Świętokrzyskie, West Pomeranian
  • Portugal (lesser CoA)
  • Some municipalities of Romania
  • Some federal subjects of Russia (more here)
  • Saint Barthélemy (unofficial)
  • Saint Helena
  • San Marino
  • Serbia (lesser CoA)
  • Sint Maarten
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Australia
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Korea (main part of CoA)
  • Spain
  • Some communities of Spain: Andalusia, Aragon, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Ceuta, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Melilla, Navarre
  • Taiwan
  • Many subdivisions of Taiwan
  • Provinces of Thailand (most flags are not on Wiki)
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Many oblasts of Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates (presidential flag)
  • Many states and territories of the U.S. (more here)
  • Val d'Aran (Spain)
  • Vatican (slightly different)
  • Venezuela
  • Some states of Venezuela: Anzoátegui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Cojedes (part of CoA), Guárico, Caracas


Flag in coat of arms

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(see commons:Category:Flags in heraldry)

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria (1971-1976)
  • Azerbaijan (only stripes)
  • Belarus (only stripes)
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Boquerón department (Paraguay)
  • Some states of Brazil: Acre, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Bulgaria
  • Central African Republic
  • Colombia
  • Dominican Republic (civil ensign)
  • Ecuador (civil flag)
  • El Salvador (civil flag)
  • Gagauzia (tricolor and stars separated)
  • Georgia (small crosses)
  • German Democratic Republic (without CoA)
  • Guinea
  • Haiti (civil flag)
  • Italy (1890-1946)
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lazistan (historical)
  • Maldives
  • Nepal
  • New Zealand
  • Niger
  • Pakistan (main figure)
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Sabah
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • Tajikistan (tricolor and emblem separated)
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trenčín (Slovakia)
  • Tunisia (main part of flag)
  • United States (stars separated)
  • Uzbekistan (crescent and star separated)
  • Venezuela (without stars)
  • Miranda (state of Venezuela)
  • Yemen