Flag of Moskitia

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King George Flag
Adopted8 March 1824
DesignSix horizontal stripes alternating blue and white, and in the canton, a Union Jack.
Designed byGeorge Frederic Augustus II

The Flag of Moskitia, historically referred to as King George Cross or the Moskitia National Flag, was the first official flag of the Kingdom of Mosquitia. [1]

The design was ordered by King George Frederic Augustus II on 8 March 1824, to consist of ''six horizontal stripes alternating blue and white, and in the canton, a Union Jack.'' [2]

The flag is said to have ''undergone several variations (both in the number of stripes and in the size of the Union Jack).'' [3]

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References

  1. The Flag Bulletin. Flag Research Center. 1979.
  2. Clavel, Damian (2022). "The Rise and Fall of George Frederic Augustus I: The Central American, Caribbean, and Atlantic Life of a Miskitu King, 1805–1824". Business History Review. 96 (3): 525–558. doi: 10.1017/S0007680522000575 . ISSN   0007-6805.
  3. "Banderas del S.XIX".