Saint Kitts and Nevis: Governor General flags (original) (raw)
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1983 flag
image by Zoltan Horvath, 10 September 2024
- Possible 2023 flag
- 1983 flag
- Pre-1983 flag
- Blue ensign with the 1967 Coat-of-Arms? See also:
- Coat of Arms detail
- Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (since 1983)
- Governor of Saint Kitts - Nevis - Anguilla (1967-1983)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
Possible 2023 flag
image by Zoltan Horvath, 10 September 2024
The Album des Pavillons 2023 has already illustrated the flag of Governor General with a Tudor crown and with ratio 2:3. The use of this variant has yet to be confirmed.
Zoltan Horvath, 10 September 2024
1983 flag
The Album 2000 [pay00] shows a 1:2 blue flag with the royal crest in the middle and the motto "County Above Self" on a yellow ribbon below it. Apparently this is the only GG flag of this type that has no country name on the ribbon but a motto. I guess that this might be for two reasons, the latter more “probable” then the first: length of the name and two possibilities for the first part of the name.
Željko Heimer, 01 January 2003
The motto was only adopted after the separation of Anguilla from the Associated State. At that time the motto was �Unity In Trinity�. As it relates to the flag of the Governor General my best guess as to why the motto is used instead of the name is (on a very practical level) that the official name of the country is both St (Saint) Kitts and Nevis and St (Saint) Christopher and Nevis according to the Constitution of the Federation.
The motto may have been the best option for the Governor General�s flag as it eliminates the choice of which of the two official names to use and it also sounds really patriotic.
Hemendra Bhola, 27 June 2020
The flag of Governor General is lighter blue than standard GG flags, and the motto is written with Times New Roman font type instead of Arial.
Images of the flag:
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Zoltan Horvath, 10 September 2024
See also:
Pre-1983 flag
image by António Martins, 13 Jan 2000
Blue ensign with the 1967 Coat-of-Arms?
image by António Martins, 16 Jun 2002
The Coat of arms was adopted in February 1967, and on the same month the associate state of St-Kitts Nevis Anguilla was created, with its vertical triband with a tree. I doubt that these arms ever appeared as a badge on a Blue Ensign, but were probably used on the Union Jack of Governor 1967-1983.
David Prothero, 20 Sep 2000