Panzer_peter Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 This pic is from an Historic Military Vehicles meet in Holstebro, Denmark this September. Union jack flying proud :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Any more pics of that meet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 morning Rick :-) here you go ! http://www.obelixen.dk/dmkf/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreadavide Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 And it's displayed correctly, too! (most of hotels in Tuscany manage to fly the Union Jack upside down) Once I told a friend hotel manager who is the only one to fly the Union Jack correctly and he replied that, as a Scout he knows by heart the chapter od Scouting for Boys dealing with the topic.... Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Upside down ??? Try doing that with the Stars and stripes, and they would properly try and shoot you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 We've seen quite a few stars on MVs upside down as well... Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 I se what you mean. But meant flags :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi Peter, Great link, great pics............... :-) In pics 048/049 and 053 is that an Otter or C15ta. great looking vehicles,..................and certainly high on my 'want one', list. ;-) Cheers, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I se what you mean. But meant flags :-) Don't go there please. By the Way it a UNION FLAG, not a Union Jack, the only time it is a Jack is when it flies from the Jackstaff of a British Warship in harbour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Don't go there please. By the Way it a UNION FLAG, not a Union Jack, the only time it is a Jack is when it flies from the Jackstaff of a British Warship in harbour. True. :-) Tis great to see THE FLAG being flown, though. Sense of PRIDE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Pardon me for being a little thick perhaps but , the flag being flown looks symmetrical to me ???? How could I tell if it were incorrectly being flown ? Do you have a similar signal or meaning if your Union flag is flown upside down ? When the American flag is flown upside down , and thats very apparent, It's meaning is Distress or call for aid . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Spot the difference the flag pole would be on the left hand side :-D or see this link..............http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/geography/unionjack7.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hmmm.... That I didn't know! But now I can spot the difference! thanks! marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Pardon me for being a little thick perhaps but , the flag being flown looks symmetrical to me ???? How could I tell if it were incorrectly being flown ? Do you have a similar signal or meaning if your Union flag is flown upside down ? When the American flag is flown upside down , and thats very apparent, It's meaning is Distress or call for aid . In naval signalling any national flag or sail flown upside down is a signal of distress. the other distress flag is the international signal flag V-Victor a red diagiagonal cross. bit of problem for Jersey as this was the flag. It is noe'defaced' by the arms of Jersy in the top centr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 We've seen quite a few stars on MVs upside down as well... Marty My understanding is that during WW2 the Canadians objected to putting what they viewed as a "US Star" on their vehicles so they deliberately put it on up side down. I have seen several pictures of these on WW2 Jeeps. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Here's a good site about the Union Flag http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/union-jack/union-jack.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 Well I have certainly learnt a thing or 2 about The Union flag from this post :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 thank you for posting the enlargement I can see the pattern now that I could not before . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdog Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 My wife and I were married in Denmark and have always been treated magnificently. When my brothers wife wanted to speak german to a waiter - she was told politely but firmly 'You will get much further in Denmark if you speak English' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 My wife and I were married in Denmark and have always been treated magnificently. When my brothers wife wanted to speak german to a waiter - she was told politely but firmly 'You will get much further in Denmark if you speak English' So true David, so true. The Danes have never forgotten the fact that the germans occupied us, and also never fogotten that the English liberated us. We try too be nice the the germans, and they in turn, normaly try to be as nice as possible. But the day monty liberated us will never be forgotten. I know the by heart, the words of the BBC radio broadcast, that told the danes that they where free again. And i was born 27 years after :-) "Her er London. I dette øjeblik meddeles det, at Montgomery har oplyst, at de tyske tropper i Holland, Nordvesttyskland og i Danmark har overgivet sig. Her er London. Vi gentager: Montgomery har i dette øjeblik meddelt, at de tyske tropper i Holland, Nordvesttyskland og Danmark har overgivet sig." Landsmænd, Danmark er atter frit. "This is London. A short while ago, A report from Montgomery reads That : The germans in Holland, Northwest germany and Denmark, have Surrendered. We Repeat : This is London. The germans in Holland, Northwest germany and Denmark, have Surrendered. Countrymen, Danmark is once again free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Cheers for the translation of Montys speach, Peter. I'm guessing it MUST have been quite a period. Did the germans just lay down their arms, etc.........or were they 'forced' to do so ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 they just lay down there weapons, and they where forced to walk home to the border. That is why we in Denmark have a joke about why the German turists always have bikes strapped to the back of there autocampers ! They dont want to walk home again :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 they just lay down there weapons, and they where forced to walk home to the border. That is why we in Denmark have a joke about why the German turists always have bikes strapped to the back of there autocampers ! They dont want to walk home again :-D :naughty: :naughty: :rofl: Cheers, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Peter the English don't do things like that :nono: In Jersey during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Liberation, teachers were told not to refer to German s, but 'Foreign Occupying Powers' :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_peter Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Peter the English don't do things like that :nono: In Jersey during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Liberation, teachers were told not to refer to German s, but 'Foreign Occupying Powers' :dunno: Ok.......????? But why ?? They where a Foreign Occupying Power, but they where also German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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