Flags of the United Kingdom
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INTERNATIONAL TREASURES ™ A NATIONAL TREASURE Flags of the United Kingdom ZFC3400 United Kingdom, exceptionally rare Union Jack flown on HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A rare and finely preserved Union Jack flag which was flown from the jack staff of HMS Spartiate at the battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October, 1805. It is the last documented flag to survive from that iconic battle. ZFC0230 United Kingdom Red Ensign - RMS Queen Elizabeth, ZFC1165 United Kingdom Blue Ensign, Government Vessels, WWII. This red ensign was flown on the famous and gigantic 1940s. The ships of the Royal Navy traditionally were divided into passenger liner the Queen Elizabeth, which was requisitioned three squadrons designated, red, white, and blue – the colors of the during WWII for use in the war effort. Union Jack. By 1864 naval tactics had eliminated the squadrons, so their flags were given new uses. The blue ensign was used for government vessels. ZFC0228 United Kingdom navy ensign leading the famous British ZFC3287 United Kingdom Royal Air Force Ensign, WWII. Glider D-Day assault on Normandy. This battle ensign was on the leading Pilot Regiment. From the Jim Mountain grouping related to the RAF Royal Navy ship of the invasion that assaulted the Normandy Glider Pilot Regiment. An embroidered Glider Pilots Wings and silk beaches on June 6, 1944. Commander Anthony Kimmins secured Air Force Maps of Belgium, France and Germany. the flag for Calvin Bullock for his return visit to New York. ZFC0451 United Kingdom 5th Royal Veteran Battalion Color, 1802-1821. This post 1801 British Infantry Color can be distinguished from its predecessors by the diagonal, so-called St. Patrick’s red counter-changed cross in the canton. Used between 1802 and 1819, carried by the 5th Royal Veteran Battalion. ZFC1162 United Kingdom Square Variant National Flag. ZFC1166 United Kingdom Coronation Flag, George V and Queen This square “Union Jack” is something of a mystery. The Union Mary, 22 June 1911. The text on fly of this souvenir flag reads: Flag of the U.K. is generally seen as a rectangle usually in 1:2 for “British Made” circa 1930s. government flags or 3:5 proportions when used as a national flag. The army uses an almost square version as a “Queen’s Color” to accompany the regimental color. ZFC3360 United Kingdom Union Flag. Admiral of the Fleet Sir ZFC3212 United Kingdom Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) John Jellicoe, HMS Iron Duke, 1919. This flag was made by Kirk, Ensign WWII, 1939-1945. The RASC was responsible for land, Hall & Co. of Leeds, marked and dated 1918 and later used aboard coastal and lake transport; air dispatch; supply of food, water, the HMS Iron Duke. It was acquired from the estate of fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furniture Ambassador Julius Waring Walker, Jr. and stationery. ZFC0502 U.K. Royal Navy White Ensign of the battleship HMS ZFC0229 Ensign of HMS Penelope, flown during the Siege of Malaya. HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship that Malta during WWII. One of the jewels in the Bullock Collection is fought at the battle of Jutland during World War I and went on, this White Ensign battle flag from the Siege of Malta in 1942 after modernization, to play a key role in the British Admiralty’s against German and Italian air and naval forces. Mediterranean campaigns. ZFC1073 Rear-Admiral Sir Harold Burrough Personal Ship Flag, ZFC1271 United Kingdom 6th Airborne Division, (Pegasus) Head - Eastern Task Force Operation Torch, 1942. This flag was displayed quarters Guidon, WWII, 1945. This Pennant came directly from on the destroyer HMS Ashanti, represented the rank of Sir Harold the Estate of U.S. Army General Matthew B. Ridgway. The insignia as a rear admiral. It is based on the ancient flag of England, a red of the British 6th Airborne Division features the winged horse cross on a white field. A full admiral flies that design, while a rear Pegasus beneath Bellerophon, slayer of monsters and, according admiral adds two red balls to mark his rank. to Greek myth, the first airborne warrior. ZFC3058 United Kingdom, Parachute Regiment, Camp Flag, Falklands War, 1982. This is a Parachute Regiment Camp Flag from the war in Falkland (Malvinas) Islands between the UK and Argentina in 1982. .