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== Gallery == <gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="200px"> Skeletal Arrangements, Sedlec Ossuary (6282842433).jpg|A skull and crossbone arrangement in the [[Sedlec Ossuary]], [[Czech Republic]]. Coat of Arms of the 8th Light Armoured Cavalry Regiment Lusitania.svg|Skull and crossbones as a charge in heraldry on the coat of the 8th Lusitania Cavalry Regiment 1607-35 Pesttafel Augsburg anagoria.JPG|An early 17th-century "plague panel" from [[Augsburg]] Danger High Voltage - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.jpg|High voltage sign from [[Saudi Arabia]] BEST DANGER 415 Volts Mumbai.jpg|Skull and crossbones on a sign warning of [[high voltage]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] Warning sign! (9156768909).jpg|Skull and crossbones sign mounted on a [[power box]] in [[Poland]] Jolly-roger.svg|A typical [[Jolly Roger]] ensign as used by [[Edward England]], [[John Taylor (pirate)|John Taylor]] and [[Samuel Bellamy]] for example Mark Twain's proposed flag for the American-controlled Philippines (1901).svg|In 1901, [[Mark Twain]] wrote a satirical essay titled ''[[To the Person Sitting in Darkness]]'', in which he expressed strong anti-imperialist views against certain ongoing conflicts such as the [[Philippine-American War]]. At one point, Twain sarcastically described what the flag of an American-controlled Philippines should look like; "''And as for a flag for the Philippine Province, it is easily managed. We can have a special oneโour States do it: we can have just our usual flag, with the white stripes painted black and the stars replaced by the skull and cross-bones.''"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guides.loc.gov/world-of-1898/mark-twain#:~:text=And%20as%20for%20a%20flag,the%20skull%20and%20cross%2Dbones. |title=World of 1898: International Perspectives on the Spanish American War / Mark Twain |author= |date= |work=Library of Congress |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref> </gallery>
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