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English: Former flag of Orkney, Scotland

My own vector of the former (unofficial) flag, created using Inkscape. It is a red Nordic Cross on a yellow field in the form of the Cross of St Magnus. The flag resembled the flags of both the ancient Kalmar Union and Irish Province of Ulster to such a degree that the Lyon Court refused to grant this particular design official status. As a result, it remained the unofficial flag of Orkney for many years.

In 2007 however, the inhabitants of Orkney held a ballot to determine an official design for a flag to represent the Islands of Orkney. The new flag was designed in consultation with the Lyon Court and was selected from a shortlist of 5 which were put to a ballot. For the winning design, see Flag of Orkney.
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Author Rab Knight
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The colors of the flag are yellow (FFFF19) with red (vertical: C82D2D, horizontal: C82D2F) stripes.

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  • 2007-04-16 14:04 Rab-k 6000×4000× (1958 bytes) My own vector of the former (unofficial) flag of the Isles of [[Orkney]], [[Scotland]], created using Inkscape. It is a red [[Nordic Cross]] on a yellow field in the form of the Cross of [[Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney|St Magnus]]. The flag resembled
  • 2007-04-16 14:01 Rab-k 6000×4000× (1958 bytes) My own vector of the former (unofficial) flag of the Isles of [[Orkney]], [[Scotland]], created using Inkscape. It is a red [[Nordic Cross]] on a yellow field in the form of the Cross of [[Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney|St Magnus]]. The flag resembled
  • 2007-04-16 09:43 Rab-k 6000×4000× (1934 bytes) My own vector of the former (unofficial) flag of the Isles of [[Orkney]], [[Scotland]], created using Inkscape. It is a red [[Nordic Cross]] on a yellow field in the form of the Cross of [[Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney|St Magnus]]. The flag resembled

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current01:17, 25 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 01:17, 25 September 20226,000 × 4,000 (277 bytes)Smasongarrisonslimmed down with svgomg // Editing SVG source code using c:User:Rillke/SVGedit.js
04:18, 3 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 04:18, 3 April 20146,000 × 4,000 (2 KB)OgreBot(BOT): Reverting to most recent version before archival
04:18, 3 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 04:18, 3 April 20146,000 × 4,000 (2 KB)OgreBot(BOT): Uploading old version of file from en.wikipedia; originally uploaded on 2007-04-16 09:43:02 by Rab-k
09:00, 2 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 09:00, 2 April 20146,000 × 4,000 (2 KB)Milicevic01Transferred from en.wikipedia

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