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by Martin Grieve
Redrawn from
Flaggenbuch (1939).
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According to the
Flaggenbuch (1939), the badge on the
defaced Union Flag of the Governor of Northern Ireland was a gold disk with a
shield. Three publications in my possession clearly state that it is an *orange*
disc and not gold as suggested - this of course could be an error, although the
version in Flaggenbuch looks orange to my eyes. Do we have any concrete evidence
to nail this one down?
Pederson 1970 makes reference to this flag and leads the reader to compare the
description given with an illustration of the Lt Gov of Jersey. The implication
here is that it was a standard garland, although both Flaggenbuch and a scan
sent to me by David suggest that it is most certainly different. A peculiar
situation not too unlike
the Garland on British Palestine proposed Governor flag.
Martin Grieve, 25 February 2005
The disk looked and looks "orange" to me as well, and orange is the logical
colour for a Northern Irish flag.
Christopher Southworth, 25 February 2005
The circle behind the shield on the Governors flag is gold instead of white
for purely aesthetic reasons. Presumably some illustrators were unsure of the
colour of the circle and wrongly assumed that it was orange because of the
association of that colour with Ulster.
David Prothero, 25 February 2005