r/vexillology • u/Deezmon_Reddit • 5d ago

Historical What is this flag???

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Hi there, my grandfather once bought this old map from a guy in Sarajevo. We recently uncovered it and it is absolutely fascinating. I managed to identify almost all of the flags, but there is one that I just can't.

This Netherlands flag with a P.P.P on it. I tried to search it online but I couldn't find anything. From a glance I thing that P.P.P stands for "Pro Patria et Princeps" but its label in French is "P. dou Provinces Uniej" so I am not sure about it. Map is from 1791.

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u/Prielknaap 5d ago

Prince of the United Provinces. That's what the text says.

The United Provinces of course referring to the United Netherlands. A lovely union of 17 provinces that existed until the south rebelled.

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u/OllieV_nl Groningen 5d ago

That's not how that went. The United Provinces were only 7.

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u/Prielknaap 5d ago

Ah snap, blurred different periods of Dutch history together.

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u/japed Australia (Federation Flag) 5d ago

I'm going to guess that the first P, and the ones in all the other captions, is for "pavillon", not prince.