Berks County, Pennsylvania (U.S.)

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image by Jens Pattke, 16 April 2005

Source: http://www.co.berks.pa.us/berks/cwp/view.asp?a=1175&q=449431

• Description of the flag

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• Reading
• Pennsylvania
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Description of the flag

A red-white-blue tricolor, with a large yellow diamond overlain on it. In the diamond a black-line illustration of a plow. In the upper hoist the date 1752. In the lower fly the name Berks.
Jens Pattke, 16 April 2005

Berks County (373,628 inhabitants in 2002; seat, Reading) is located in southeastern Pennsylvania. Incorporated in 1752 from parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Philadelphia Counties, Berks gave up in 1772 territory for the formation of Northumberland County, and again in 1811, for the formation of Schuylkill County. Berks County was named for Berkshire, England, home of William Penn's family.
http://www.co.berks.pa.us - County website

The county website, given as the source for the flag image, gives also the following details on the flag: 
"The Berks County flag was designed in 1914 by Charles K. Snell of Reading and officially adopted in 1941 by the County Commissioners".
http://www.co.berks.pa.us/commissioners/cwp/view.asp?a=1923&Q=474953
Ivan Sache, 4 May 2008