Albania
Black double headed eagle on a red field.
History and symbolism
The red field bears the black silhouetted double headed eagle of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg, who resisted Ottoman armies in the 15th century. The flag was raised at independence in 1912 and readopted in 1992.
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