Mexican/Italian flag

[Mikey]

Was just looking at active users and noticed the Mexican flag is the same as the Italian flag - except the Mexican has the little picture on it.

Weird how you don't notice something obvious and then all of a sudden it hits you

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[Wee67]

The little picture is an eagle.

When some Dutch friends came to visit me here in the States, they wanted to know why we used their national flag to signal open houses at apartment complexes-



Not to be confused with the Russian Flag-



Or the French flag-



Or the Thai flag-

[Meule]

Belgian flag

German flag

[babycyclops]

The Polish and Indonesian flags are upside-down versions of each other, too.

[Hector]

except the Mexican has the little picture on it.

[Hector]

Red, white, and green are the colors of the national liberation army in Mexico. The central emblem is the Aztec pictogram for Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), the center of their empire. It recalls the legend that inspired the Aztecs to settle on what was originally a lake-island. The form of the coat of arms was most recently revised in 1968. A ribbon in the national colors is at the bottom of the coat of arms. Throughout history, the flag has changed four times, as the design of the coat of arms and the length-width ratios of the flag have been modified. However, the coat of arms has had the same features throughout: an eagle, holding a serpent in its talon, is perched on top of a prickly pear cactus; the cactus is situated on a rock that rises above a lake. The coat of arms is derived from an Aztec legend that their gods told them to build a city where they spot an eagle on a nopal eating a serpent, which is now Mexico City. The current national flag, the Fourth National Flag, is also used as the Mexican naval ensign by ships registered in Mexico.

It is a common mistake when constructing the Flag of Mexico to take the Mexican Coat of Arms and place it in the center of the white stripe, using the Italian flag as the base design. However at the time of the flag's adoption, the Italian tricolour was not in use.

This error occurs due to the fact that some people incorrectly believe the only difference between the two flags is the coat of arms in the Mexican national banner. Both flags use the same colors (green, white and red), but the Mexican flag has darker shades of green and red. Most importantly, these flags present a different aspect ratio (proportions), which gives each one a unique look. The Italian flag aspect ratio is 2:3 (1 to 1.5), more squarish in shape, while the Mexican flag aspect ratio is 4:7 (1 to 1.75), resulting in a longer shape.

On this GIF...you can see the differences between the Mexican and Italian flags...

[rche]

that is some awesome gif skoolin' right there!

[SeattleEd]

that is some awesome gif skoolin' right there!

Gotta love Wikipedia!

[Hector]

[BlackKnight]

Everyone Rips Off Someone.

[Cmonster]

I'm Mexican and Italian, so it works for me either way. LOL

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[Hector]

I like tacos and pizza...so it works for me as well...

[LadyZod]

I like Taco Bell's Mexican Pizzas.