Sol de Mayo: Inti the Sun God on National Flags

I like this post because I want to show these first two flags together.

The Sol de Mayo, or the May Sun, the sun with a face on it, usually called Inti by the South American locals, made its way onto flags earlier with Uruguay, showcasing it on the canton of that nations flag. While I am a fan of Uruguay and their sports teams, I'll be the first to admit that the likely mroe famous flag with the Sol de Mayo would be their neighbor Argentina.

The Argentinian flag was used by the rebels during their war of independence from Spain and was based around the Argentinian cockade, which is a round target-looking design, using the powder-blue and white. This flag is the basis for many Central American flags, it having been the unifying emblem for their united struggle to free themselves from Spain a decade after Argentina.

What I have here, because I think they look cool together, is an early Peruvian flag. From 1822, the Peruvians, when fighting for their independence, adopted a similar look, but choosing red over powder blue, as was their wont. It's the triband with the Sol de Mayo in the center.

That flag, while cool looking, proved problematic, as the colors from a distance made the flag too easy to mix up for Spain. The Spanish flag is a triband but with a yellow center (that is actually thicker than the red border, but...) flanked by red bars.

Peru quickly changed the orientation and dropped the Sol, and still fly this guy today:

Less exciting, I must say, than either of the last two, but, what can you do?