List of Kittitian and Nevisian flags
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National
[edit]| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1983-present | Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis | A yellow-edged black diagonal band bearing two white five-pointed stars divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is red.[1][2] |
 | 1967–1983 | Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | A vertical tricolour of green, yellow and blue charged with a palm tree at the centre. |
.svg) | 1967 | Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | A vertical tricolour of green, yellow and blue. |
.svg) | 1958–1967 | Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | A blue ensign with the emblem of the territory in the fly. |
.svg) | 1958–1962 | Flag of the West Indies Federation | A blue field with four white horizontal wavy bars (the top pair of bars being parallel and the lower pair also parallel) and an orange sun in the centre. |
.svg) | 1871–1956 | Flag of the British Leeward Islands | A blue ensign with the emblem of the territory in the fly. |
Subnational
[edit]| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?-present | Flag of Nevis | The flag incorporates the national flag in the top left corner. |
Government
[edit]| Flag | Duration | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1983-present | Flag of the governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis | A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'COUNTRY ABOVE SELF' on a blue field |
.svg) | 1980-1983 | Flag of the governor-general of Saint Christopher and Nevis | A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS' on a blue field |
.svg) | 1967-1980 | Flag of the governor-general of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'St.CHRISTOPHER NEVIS ANGUILLA' on a blue field |
.svg) | 1958–1962 | Flag of the governor-general of West Indies Federation | A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'THE WEST INDIES' on a blue field |
.svg) | 1958-1967 | Flag of the governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | A Union Jack defaced with the badge of the territory |
Military
[edit]| 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. | |
.svg) | 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. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Shaw, Carol P. (1992). Flags. HarperCollins UK. ISBN 0-00-470114-3.
- ^ Smith, Whitney. "Saint Kitts and Nevis, flag of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved June 10, 2013. (subscription required)