The flag that lasted three years

A spiked ball on a red field This is the flag the Republic of Macedonia used from 1992-1995 Look at that flag. The curves at the ends of the rays do a great job of implying there’s an orb at the center. It doesn’t look like a disc — it looks like a spiked ball. A spiked ball could communicate “we project fierce, spiked defense to anyone approaching from the outside.” But from what I understand, Macedonia gained their freedom from Yugoslavia peacefully in 1991. So a spiked ball of war isn’t really the message they were going for. Maybe a spiked ball massager would be more fitting? (Amazon affiliate link. Amazon didn’t have any spiked balls on a chain. Go figure) The official statement for the flag calls it a “disc”, not a sphere. And the real story behind it is way more interesting than weapon comparisons. In 1977, archaeologists dug up the tomb of King Philip II of Macedon — the father of Alexander the Great. This symbol was on his tomb. The father of Alexander the Great! You can see…