NATIONAL FLAGS

to be added to the SCA A&O

October 1, 1995

Angola - Per fess gules and sable, within a sinister demi-cogwheel bendwise sinister surmounted in sinister base by a machete bendwise, a mullet Or.

Antigua and Barbuda - Per fess sable and argent, chaussé gules, issuant from a fess azure a demi-sun Or.

Argentina - Azure, on a fess argent a sun in splendor Or.

Austria - Gules, a fess argent.

Bahamas - Azure, a fess Or, overall a dexter tierce triangular sable.

Bahrain - Gules, a dexter tierce indented argent.

Bangladesh - Vert, a roundel gules.

Barbados - Azure, on a pale Or a trident head sable.

Belize - Azure fimbriated in chief and in base gules, on a plate an achievement of Belize (An escutcheon per pall argent, Or, and azure, an oar and mallet in saltire, an axe and saw in saltire, and a three-masted ship proper, a base barry engrailed argent; for a crest a tree couped proper; for supporters a Caucasian man holding an axe and a Negro man bearing an oar proper; and in base on a ribbon Or the motto Sub umbra floreo sable).

Bhutan - Per bend sinister tenné and gules, an Oriental dragon passant contourny bendwise sinister maintaining in each claw a roundel argent.

Bolivia - Per fess gules and vert, on a fess Or an achievement of Bolivia (Two rifles bayonets fixed crossed in saltire by two more proper surmounted by a sheaf of six banners per fess gules and vert, a fess Or, surmounted by two cannon barrels in saltire proper, surmounted by a cartouche charged with a landscape proper within a bordure per chevron Or and azure mullety Or charged in chief with the word Bolivia gules).

Botswana - Bleu céleste, a fess sable fimbriated argent.

Brazil - Vert, on a lozenge Or a celestial sphere azure marked argent.

Brunei - Or, a bend per bend argent and sable and overall issuant from a crescent gules charged with the phrase "Always render service with God's guidance" in Arabic sable between in fess a pair of cubit arms palewise a palm tree ensigned with a platform and banner gules, in base and conjoined to the crescent a ribbon gules charged with "Brunei, city of peace" in Arabic.

Burkina Faso - Per fess gules and vert, a mullet Or.

Burundi - Per saltire gules and vert, on a saltire nowy argent three mullets of six points one and two gules fimbriated vert.

Cameroon - Per pale vert and Or, on a pale gules a mullet Or.

Central African Republic - Barry of four azure, argent, vert, and Or, a pale gules and in canton a mullet Or.

Chad - Per pale azure and gules, a pale Or.

Chile - Per fess argent and gules, on a canton azure a mullet argent.

China - Gules, in canton a mullet within to sinister an arch of four mullets points to centre Or.

Colombia - Per fess Or and per fess azure and gules.

Comoros - Vert, between the horns of a decrescent bendwise sinister four mullets bendwise sinister in bend sinister argent.

Costa Rica - Argent on a fess gules between a base and a chief azure a cartouche argent charged with an escutcheon of the state arms of Costa Rica (Per fess the sky and the sea proper, rising from an island fesswise throughout vert three volcanos in fess proper between in chief an arch of seven mullets argent and in base a square-rigged ship, on the horizon between the dexter and central volcano a like ship proper and to dexter a demi-sun issuant from the line of division Or).

Côte d'Ivoire - Per pale tenné and vert, a pale argent.

Cuba - Azure, two bars argent, on a dexter tierce triangular gules a mullet argent.

Cyprus - Argent, in pale the map of Cyprus Or and two olive branches stems crossed in saltire vert.

Djibouti - Per fess azure and vert, on a dexter tierce triangular argent a mullet gules.

Dominica - Vert, on a cross quarterly Or and argent counterchanged per bend sinister a fillet cross sable and overall on a roundel gules a parrot proper between (ten) mullets in annulo argent.

Dominican Republic - Quarterly azure and gules, on a cross argent the achievement of the Dominican Republic (Quarterly azure and gules, a cross argent, overall a sheaf of four banners azure, gules, and argent surmounted by an open book argent ensigned with a Latin cross Or; the escutcheon within an open wreath formed of a laurel branch and a palm frond vert, in chief on a ribbon azure the words dios, patria, and libertad Or and in base on another gules the words republica dominicana Or).

Ecuador - Per fess Or and per fess azure and gules, an achievement of Ecuador (Four flags on flagpoles in saltire, each per fess Or and per fess azure and gules, overall on a cartouche blue-gray Mount Chimborazo issuant from fess argent, in base on a river estuary azure between banks of land vert a one-masted steamship proper, in chief a sun in its splendor Or, perched atop the cartouche a condor rising, wings displayed proper, dependent from the cartouche a fasces fesswise brown, bladed argent).

El Salvador - Azure, on a fess argent a sheaf of five banners each bearing azure a fess argent surmounted by on a triangle argent fimbriated Or issuant from five volcanoes vert issuant from the sea in base azure a wooden pole proper ensigned with a liberty cap gules irradiated Or and environed in chief with the words 15 de Set de 1821 in demi-annulo gules and in chief a natural rainbow throughout proper.

Equatorial Guinea - Per fess vert and gules, on a fess argent, on an escutcheon between in chief six mullets of six points in arch Or and in base a ribbon argent delineated and charged with the words Unidad Paz Justicia sable a tree couped proper and overall a dexter tierce triangular azure.

Ethiopia - Per fess vert and gules, a fess Or.

Fiji - Azure, an escutcheon of Fiji (Argent, a cross gules between (1) three stalks of sugar cane palewise in fess proper, (2) a coconut palm proper, (3) a dove rising wings elevated and addorsed argent maintaining in its beak an olive branch vert, and (4) in bend sinister a bunch of bananas per bend Or and vert stemmed proper and on a chief gules a lion passant gardant maintaining a cocoa pod(?) Or) and a quarter of the Union Jack (Azure, a saltire gyronny argent and gules fimbriated argent surmounted by a cross gules fimbriated argent).

Gabon - Per fess vert and azure, a fess Or.

Gambia - Per fess gules and vert, a fess azure fimbriated argent.

Ghana - Per fess gules and vert, on a fess Or a mullet sable.

Grenada - Per saltire Or and vert, on a torteau a mullet Or and to dexter a nutmeg proper shelled Or all within a bordure gules charged with six mullets three in chief and three in base Or.]

Guatemala - Azure, on a pale argent a wreath vert surmounted by two rifles bayonets fixed surmounted in base by two sabres in saltire proper all surmounted by an open scroll palewise argent charged with the words Libertad 15 de Septiembre de 1821 Or and perched thereon a quetzal bird vert bellied gules.

Guinea - Per pale gules and vert, a pale Or.

Guinea-Bissau - Per fess Or and vert, on a dexter tierce gules a mullet sable.

Guyana - Vert, on a pile issuant throughout from dexter Or fimbriated argent a dexter tierce triangular gules fimbriated sable.

Haiti - Per pale sable and gules, on a billet fesswise argent the arms of Haiti (Argent, atop a mount vert a sheaf of six banners each per fess sable and gules surmounted by a palm tree proper surmounted by in fess a drum between two cannons addorsed Or with wooden wheels proper between on the mount two piles of six cannonballs one, two, and three between two flagpoles issuant from the mount proper flying pennons per pale azure and gules all between on the mount two anchors Or and in base a ribbon argent charged with the words L'union fait la force sable).

Honduras - Azure, on a fess argent five mullets in saltire azure.

India - Per fess tenné and vert, on a fess argent a wheel of Asoka azure.

The wheel of Asoka is taken from the capital of the Asoka column in Sarnath (in a manner not unlike the "Canterbury cross").

Indonesia - Per fess gules and argent.

Iran - Per fess vert and gules, on a fess fimbriated with the Arabic words Allahu Akbar twenty-two times in Kufic script argent a sheaf of a decrescent, a sword blade, and an increscent crossed at the base between in fess a decrescent and an increscent and in chief a tashdid gules.

A tashdid is essentially a "w", made from two crescents conjoined in fess.

Jamaica - Per saltire vert and sable, a saltire Or.

Jordan - Per fess sable and vert, a fess argent, overall on a dexter tierce triangular gules a mullet of seven points argent.

Kenya - Per fess sable and vert, a fess gules fimbriated, overall two spears in saltire argent surmounted by an oval shield Gules, in pale a plate between two deer's hoofprints argent all between flaunches sable.

Kiribati - Per fess wavy gules and barry wavy argent and azure, issuant from the line of division a demi-sun and in chief a frigate bird volant Or.

Korea, North - Azure, on a fess gules fimbriated a roundel argent charged with a mullet throughout gules.

Korea, South - Argent, a roundel per fess embowed counter-embowed gules and azure between in saltire trigrams from the I-Ching in annulo sable.

Kuwait - Per fess vert and gules, a fess argent, overall a dexter trapezoid sable.

Laos - Gules, on a fess azure a plate.

Lesotho - Per bend sinister argent and vert, a bend sinister azure, in dexter chief a spear and a round-headed mace in saltire surmounted by a plant pod, all surmounted by a Basotho shield brown.

Liberia - Gules, five bars argent and on a canton azure a mullet argent.

Libya - Vert.

Madagascar - Per fess gules and vert, a dexter tierce argent.

Malawi - Per fess sable and vert, a fess and in chief a demi-sun gules.

Malaysia - Barry of fourteen gules and argent, on a quarter azure between the horns of a decrescent a mullet of fourteen points Or.

Maldives - Vert, a decrescent argent within a bordure gules.

Mali - Per pale vert and gules, a pale Or.

Marshall Islands - Azure, a pile issuant from sinister chief per bend sinister gules and argent, in dexter chief a mullet of four greater and twenty lesser points argent.

Mauritania - Vert, a crescent and between its horns a mullet Or.

Mauritius - Barry of four gules, azure, Or, and vert.

Mexico - Per pale vert and gules, on a pale argent a brown eagle proper, wings elevated and addorsed, perched upon a cactus and preying on a snake, environed to base by a wreath vert.

Micronesia, Federated States of - Azure, four mullets in cross points outwards argent.

Mongolia - Gules, a pale azure and to dexter a soyonbo ideograph (in pale a grenade, a crescent, and between two palets couped a roundel between in pale two billets fesswise all between in pale two triangles inverted) Or.

Mozambique - Per fess vert and Or, a fess sable fimbriated argent, overall on a dexter tierce triangular gules a mullet Or surmounted by a book argent surmounted by a hoe and an automatic rifle in saltire sable.

Myanmar (Burma) - Gules, on a canton azure a cogwheel surmounted by two ears of rice between fourteen mullets in annulo argent.

Nepal - Gules, in pale a demi-mullet of nine points issuant from a crescent and a mullet of twelve points argent within a bordure azure.

It is worth noting that this is the only country whose flag is not rectangular. It has two tails, each with a sloping upper edge and a horizontal lower edge. The two charges are near the hoist, one for each tail.

Nicaragua - Azure, on a fess argent on a triangle bleu céleste a liberty cap gules irradiated straight argent between rising out of the sea in base azure five volcanoes vert and in chief a natural rainbow throughtout proper, environed by the words Republica de Nicaragua and America Central in annulo Or.

Niger - Per fess tenné and vert, on a fess argent a roundel tenné.

Nigeria - Vert, a pale argent.

Oman - Per fess argent and vert, a fess and on a dexter tierce gules in chief two sheathed sabres inverted in saltire surmounted by a sheathed jambiya and belt with fastenings argent.

Pakistan - Vert, a mullet between the horns of a crescent, both bendwise sinister, and a dexter tierce argent.

Palau - Azure, a bezant.

Panama - Quarterly 1 and 4 argent, 2 gules, and 3 azure.

Papua New Guinea - Per bend gules and sable, a bird of paradise rising wings displayed Or and five mullets forming the constellation of the Southern Cross argent.

Paraguay - Per fess gules and azure, on a fess argent a mullet irradiated straight Or within a wreath vert within the words Republica del Paraguay in annulo sable within an annulet azure within an annulet gules.

Peru - Gules, on a pale argent an escutcheon of Peru (Per fess, per pale azure and argent and gules, a vicuña statant contourny Or, a cinchona tree couped proper, and a cornucopia Or) within a laurel wreath and ensigned by another vert.

Philippines - Per fess azure and gules, on a dexter tierce triangular argent a roundel issuing eight groups of three straight rays between three mullets points outward in the corners Or.

Qatar - Brown, a dexter tierce indented argent.

Rwanda - Per pale gules and vert, on a pale Or the letter "R" sable.

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Per bend sinister vert and gules, on a bend sinister sable fimbriated Or, two mullets bendwise argent.

Saint Lucia - Azure, on a triangle sable fimbriated argent a base triangular Or.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Per pale azure and vert, on a Canadian pale Or three lozenges two and one, nearly touching, vert.

São Tomé and Príncipe - Vert, on a fess Or surmounted by a dexter tierce triangular gules two mullets sable.

Saudi Arabia - Vert, the phrase "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah" in Arabic script and in base a sword fesswise argent.

Senegal - Per pale vert and gules, on a pale Or a mullet vert.

Seychelles - Per fess abased gules and vert, a fess abased wavy argent.

Sierra Leone - Per fess vert and azure, a fess argent.

Singapore - Per fess gules and argent, in canton within the horns of a decrescent five mullets in annulo argent.

Solomon Islands - Per bend sinister azure and vert, a scarpe Or and in chief five mullets in saltire argent.

Somalia - Azure, a mullet argent.

Sri Lanka - Brown, a lion passant maintaining a sword between four bo leaves saltirewise in saltire Or and a dexter tierce per pale vert and tenné fimbriated all within a bordure Or.

Sudan - Per fess gules and sable, a fess argent, overall a dexter tierce triangular vert.

Suriname - Vert, on a fess gules fimbriated argent a mullet Or.

Swaziland - Azure, on a fess gules fimbriated, in pale two spears fesswise reversed and a staff fesswise Or surmounted by an oval shield fesswise per pale wavy sable and argent charged with two rows of billets counterchanged surmounted in dexter chief by a feather tassle inverted and pendant from each end of the staff a feather tassle inverted azure.

Taiwan - Gules, on a quarter azure a sun argent.

Tanzania - Per bend sinister vert and azure, a bend sinister sable fimbriated Or.

Thailand - Azure, a chief per fess gules and argent and a base per fess argent and gules.

Togo - Vert, two bars Or, overall on a canton gules a mullet argent.

Tonga - Gules, on a canton argent a cross couped gules.

Trinidad and Tobago - Gules, a bend sable fimbriated argent.

Tuvalu - Bleu céleste, to sinister four mullets and five mullets inverted arranged as a map of Tuvalu Or, a quarter of the Union Jack (Azure, a saltire gyronny argent and gules fimbriated argent surmounted by a cross gules fimbriated argent).

Uganda - Barry of six sable, Or, and gules, on a plate a crested crane proper.

United Arab Emirates - Per fess vert and sable, a fess argent, overall a dexter tierce gules.

Uruguay - Argent, four bars azure, overall on a canton argent a sun in splendor Or.

Vanuatu - Per fess gules and vert, on a dexter tierce triangular conjoined to a bar sable, a pall fesswise and to dexter a boar's tusk environing two fern leaves in saltire Or.

Venezuela - Per fess Or and gules, on a fess azure an arch of seven mullets and in canton the state arms (An escutcheon per fess enarched, per pale gules and Or and azure, a garb Or, a sheaf of weapons proper surmounted by two banners in saltire per fess Or and gules, a fess azure, and a horse courant regardant contourny argent atop a base vert; the escutcheon ensigned with two cornucopias in saltire proper and environed of a wreath vert bound with a ribbon per fess Or and gules, a fess azure charged with the words 19 de Abril 1810 Independencia Republica de Venezuela Federacion 20 de Febrero de 1850 Or).

Vietnam - Gules, a mullet Or.

Western Samoa - Gules, on a quarter azure five mullets forming the constellation of the Southern cross argent.

Zaire - Vert, on a bezant both issuant from base a wooden torch proper enflamed gules sustained by a cubit arm bendwise sable.

Zambia - Vert, in sinister canton an eagle rising regardant wings displayed tenné and a sinister base canton per pale gules and tenné, a pale sable.

Zimbabwe - Barry of seven vert, Or, gules, sable, gules, Or, and vert, overall on a dexter tierce triangular argent fimbriated sable, a mullet gules surmounted by a bird of Zimbabwe Or.