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by Zeljko Heimer, 1996-10-27
by Jan Oskar Engene, 1996-10-09
Never saw this one. Smith has the national flag for all purposes. But maybe this was changed between 1975 and 1980.
Zeljko Heimer, 1996-10-10
by Zeljko Heimer, 1996-10-27
The none-too imaginative British had the same badge for all their minor West African possessions. This one is for Sierra Leone. The Gambia differs only by having the initial "G." instead of "S.L.", and the Gold Coast (now Ghana) had "G.C."
Josh Fruhlinger, 1998-02-13
They were not that unimaginative! Although what you say is true of Gambia and Gold Coast, Sierra Leone adopted its own coat of arms in 1914. A second coat of arms (still used) was adopted in 1960: a gold lion passant on a green field; a white chief dancetty (zig-zagged) upon which are three torches. At the base two blue wavy lines on white symbolizing the sea.
With the addition of a crown surmounded 'E' on a blue disc surrounded by a chaplet of gold roses, the arms formed the Royal flag of Sierra Leone until the country became a republic in 1971.
Stuart Notholt, 1996-02-14