Flag of Burkina Faso The yellow star placed over the red and green stripes is the guiding light of the revolution. The flag was adopted following the coup of 1983 which brought Thomas Sankara to power. The current coat of arms of Burkina Faso features a shield with the national flag colors, with a scroll bearing the name "BURKINA FASO" accompanied by two stallions on each side, with an open book at the bottom. A lower banner bears the national motto in French: ""Unité – Progrès – Justice"" (unity, progress, justice). The original flag of Upper Volta, adopted at independence, contained three horizontal stripes
Flag of Austria in the reign of Emperor Joseph II, the Austrian, later Austro-Hungarian Navy used a naval ensign ("Marineflagge") based on the red-white-red colours, and augmented with a shield of similar colours. Both of these flags became obsolete with Austria-Hungary's dissolution in 1918, and the newly formed rump state of German Austria adopted the red-white-red triband as its national flag. The Austrian flag has been the main motif of many collector coins. One of the most recent examples is the 20 euro Post War Period coin, issued by the Republic of Austria on 17 September 2003. The obverse of this coin shows