Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria but under no circumstances as the flag of Galicia. It seems, therefore, that the colours featured in "Wappenrolle" (red and white) were the correct colours of the Galician flag from 1890 to 1918, and not those reported by Miller (amaranth and white). Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria Flag of Galicia and Lodomeria - created after 1772 when this previously Polish province had been annexed to Austria. Until 1849 Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria constituted one crownland with Bukovina and used the blue-red flag consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width. Following the separation of Bukovina and Galicia in 1849,
Nailing the colours in fact struck. In the Royal Navy, Jack Crawford became famous for the deed. Nailing the colours Nailing the colours (also nailing the colours to the mast or nailing the flag) is a practice dating back to the Age of Sail that expresses a defiant refusal to surrender, and willingness to fight to the last man. During the Age of Sail, ships would legally fight only while flying their national flag. Flying another flag was considered to be a legitimate ruse de guerre only until the beginning of the fight. Striking the colours was a sign of surrender. Indeed, when