[Avulon]

Originally Posted by macafee2

What about Russia, Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Columbia to name a few, their flags can easily be hung upside down and what about mistaking the German flag for Belgium flag?

For those that know what they are looking for, determining if the flag is upside down or not is easy.

macafee2

• Russia: top down; White, blue, red horizontal stripes - I think you'd soon notice if the red was at the top.
• Germany: top down: Black, Red, Yellow horizontal stripes - again I think you'd soon notice is the yellow was at the top
• Belgium : from the flagpole - Black, Yellow, Red Vertical stripes. Somewhat difficult to confuse with the German horizontal striped flag with the colours in a different sequence. But you can confuse them and then say the Union Jack is easy????????
• Poland: top down; White, Red horizontal stripes - I think you'd soon notice if the red was at the top.

You'll have to try a little harder to find something as dumbfounding as the Union Jack - And yes most representations of flags (at least in the western world) are shown with the Flagpole on the left ..... Except there are exceptions - The Stars and stripes patch on an American serviceman uniform when worn on the right shoulder for one has the canton (blue field with stars) on the right side of the flag: this is how the flag would fly from a pole in the soldiers hands as he charges forward...