Flag of the Netherlands The red-white-blue triband flag of the Netherlands as used in the 17th century is said to have influenced the Russian flag. With the revolution in the Netherlands in the last decade of the 18th century, and the conquest by the French, the name "Prince's Flag" was forbidden. The orange-white-blue was changed into red-white-blue (colours to which the French "liberators" were kindly disposed, analogous as they were to their own tricolour, chosen just a few months earlier) and in 1796 the red division of the flag was embellished with the figure of a Netherlands maiden, with a lion at her feet,
Flag of the Black Country flag are: The Flag is one of very few regional, non-historic county, flags that may be flown without consent of a local planning authority, providing the flag is "maintained in a condition that does not impair the overall visual appearance of the site" and does not block official signs (such as road signs). In 2013, on Black Country Day (14 July), the Black Country flag was flown alongside the United Kingdom’s Union flag, at Eland House, the head quarters of the Department for Communities and Local Government in Victoria, London. Flag of the Black Country The Black Country flag is