File:Flag of the British Empire Exhibition.svg
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English: An unofficial flag used throughout the interwar period combining the symbols of various nations from across the British Empire. The Cross of Saint George representing the English divides the flag into four quadrants, and the Union Flag is placed in the canton. Canada, Australia, and South Africa have their coats of arms placed in the three other quadrants of the flag. New Zealand is represented by the four stars forming a Southern Cross, and the British Raj is provided with the Star of India in the centre of the flag. The exact specifications for constructing this flag are unclear due to it fading into obscurity over the years, and it can come in different variants featuring different coats of arms based on the year a specimen is from. It is also unknown when exactly the flag first came into use, but it could not have been until after 1910 when South Africa was granted a coat of arms. The flag is closely associated with Empire Day and the British Empire Exhibition. It was also used at certain sites dedicated to the First World War and flown throughout the Second World War as a symbol of imperial unity. |
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current | 04:33, 17 October 2023 | 512 × 307 (357 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Enlarged the Star of India | |
03:09, 15 March 2021 | 512 × 307 (309 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Fixed the Star of India | ||
03:04, 15 March 2021 | 512 × 307 (310 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Fixed the Australian coat of arms | ||
01:13, 15 March 2021 | 512 × 307 (316 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Fixed the lion in the English royal banner on the coat of arms of Canada | ||
07:21, 11 March 2021 | 512 × 307 (591 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Redid the shapes on the South African lion | ||
07:08, 11 March 2021 | 512 × 307 (597 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Separated some of the shapes forming the lion on the South African coat of arms | ||
04:08, 10 March 2021 | 512 × 307 (600 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Attempting to make a fix to the lion on the South African coat of arms | ||
01:45, 10 March 2021 | 512 × 307 (601 KB) | UAmtoj (talk | contribs) | Corrected the appearances and positions of the emblems on the flag | ||
13:53, 5 March 2021 | 1,000 × 600 (453 KB) | Mrmw (talk | contribs) | fix colour | ||
13:08, 5 March 2021 | 1,000 × 600 (454 KB) | Mrmw (talk | contribs) |
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- SVG flags of the British Empire
- Exhibitions of the British Empire
- Union Jack cantons
- Flags with cantons
- Flags with flags
- British Empire Exhibition (1924)
- Flags with coats of arms from United Kingdom
- Flags with the cross of Saint George
- Southern Cross flags
- Flags with crosses
- Flags with stars and crosses
- Flags with birds
- Flags with kangaroos
- Flag with antelope
- Flags with maple leaves
- Flags with the Union Jack