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Flag Duration Use Description Naval ensign of Saint Kitts and Nevis: A white field with a centered red cross, the national flag stretched out to a ratio of 1:2 is in the canton. 1958–1962: Naval ensign of the West Indies Federation: A white field with a centered red cross, the national flag stretched out to a ratio of 1:2 is in the canton.
List of Kittitian and Nevisian flags; S. Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla This page was last edited on 2 December 2024, at 16:29 (UTC). ...
Version with aspect ratio 1:2 Meeting between American and Kittsian diplomats; Saint Kitts and Nevis flag in background. The national flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis consists of a yellow-edged black band containing two white stars that divides diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and red lower triangle.
Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919. This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
The flag is also a symbol of exploration. It was planted on the moon during the first landing by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. The flag even has its own day -- each year Americans celebrate flag ...
This gallery of sovereign state civil flags shows the civil ensigns of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag.
The current name Nevis was derived from the Spanish name Nuestra Señora de las Nieves by process of abbreviation and anglicisation. The Spanish name means Our Lady of the Snows. It is not known who chose this name for the island, but it is a reference to the story of a 4th-century Catholic miracle related to a snowfall on the Esquiline Hill in ...