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![[1997 flag proposal]](../images/m/mo!1967.gif)
image by António
Martins, 8 July 2016
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This proposal for a colonial flag was made by the heraldist Franz Paul
Almaida Langhans. It is the Portuguese flag with the Macau shield in the lower
part of the fly (in the pattern of Mozambique and others). The shield of Macau
is the same as other provinces except that the upper left part is white with
five shields with the five white quinas (circles). In the lower center are
waves of green (symbolic of the sea in Portugal) and white. In the upper right
of the shield is a blue background with a golden dragon bearing a blue shield
with five white quinas. The shield can be seen in the image of the Macau army
commandant.
Jaume Ollé, 7 April 1997
The 1935 coat of arms, widely used also on other flags, was one of the eight
similar coats of arms approved by Ministerial Decree n.º 8:098, issued by the
Colonies’ Minister on 1935.05.08 [https://dre.tretas.org/dre/2450468.dre.pdf]
and published in Diário do Govêrno : I Série 104 of
the same date on pages 597-599 (a rare case of illustrated legal texts
concerning flags in Portuguese legislation).
António Martins-Tuválkin,
8 July 2016