re: Ranking SEC State flags

One of my friend's dad was a high school history teacher here in SC and he was one of those teachers that truly loved what he did and was an absolute wealth of knowledge, especially when it came to SC history. A few years ago, he told me there was a theory that the crescent wasn't a moon, and that some people believed it to be a gorget (armor piece protecting against bayonets in the area above the breast plate and below the chin). I've lived here for over 25 years and never heard that until then. Whether its true or not, its still a pretty cool story, and the flag is by far, one of the best in the US.

SC State Flag - Moon or Gorget