File:Flag of Katanga.svg

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Description

English: Flag of State of Katanga (1960–1963). This digital reproduction has its design (dimensions 3:4), all four crosses (arms have same length and are coloured red; called "croisettes" in Katanga) and colours ("rouge vermilion", "vert clair" and "blanc") based on Katanga / Shaba (Democratic Republic of Congo) (FOTW), Neue Publikation: Katanga (1960/63) at www.flaggenkunde.de and the official regulations concerning the Katangese flag. According to these sources, the flag was designed by an architect named Louis Dressen. The flag was introduced on 1960-07-18 and ratified by the national assembly on 1960-07-28 and remained until its last usage on 1963-05-24. During its short existence, the flag had many variations, primarily in the design and colour of the three crosses. Secondary sources included Self-proclaimed states in the Congo 1960-1963 (flag), Katanga 10 Francs ND (1960) (obverse side of banknote located at banknotes_com/KAT5AR.JPG), Repubblica del Katanga, République du Katanga, fino al 1871 (www.rbvex.it), Republic of Katanga - 1961 - Drapeau du Katanga, Gendarmerie Katangaise, The Republic of Katanga Mining Projects and Histoire de l'Independance de la Republic du Katanga.

Date

1960-1963

Source

Own work

Author

Vectorized by Lexicon (2006-10-02) and User:Froztbyte (2010-01-25)

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This work was first published in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Ordinance-Law No. 86-033 of 5 April 1986 on the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

It is an anonymous, pseudonymous or posthumous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
It is a photographic work, and 25 years have passed since the date of its publication
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It is an "official act of authority" and ineligible for copyright protection; however "literary, artistic, or scientific publications produced by the authorities" are copyrighted by the government

This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:23, 31 August 2023	800 × 600 (3 KB)	ReneeWrites	Simplified design, smaller file size
	14:41, 10 May 2023	800 × 600 (7 KB)	Reywas92	Reverted to version as of 16:40, 18 January 2023 (UTC) rv vandal
	18:56, 16 April 2023	900 × 600 (10 KB)	Numberblocksbandretrofan488	The one I reverted has a border, so I reverted it again.
	20:41, 10 April 2023	900 × 592 (11 KB)	Numberblocksbandretrofan488	You guys asked me to fix it, so here it is.
	16:40, 18 January 2023	800 × 600 (7 KB)	HapHaxion	croisettes per source. Variants can be uploaded under different name(s)
	18:04, 17 January 2023	800 × 600 (7 KB)	HapHaxion	code, restore original ratio per source
	15:16, 25 August 2021	900 × 600 (7 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 18:19, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
	08:17, 25 August 2021	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Cret tyi	Reverted to version as of 17:42, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
	18:19, 3 November 2019	900 × 600 (7 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Optimized svg code with code cleanup and reduction. Successfully checked before upload by: "Jarry1250's tools" (Wikimedia Laboratory). No other changes.
	18:24, 2 November 2019	900 × 600 (10 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Further minor corrections: imperfections for position on x/y axis. No other changes.