![]() Image #2 from Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 October 2011 (Click to enlarge)Īn internet search has not resulted in more information for me. But it's an unlikely choice, so I stuck with the grey I tend to use for unknown details. As the background of the button has colour indicated, and the diamond has as well, I was tempted to say the field is meant to be white, for not having any colour indication. With Ian Scott's help, I've created an approximation of the flag. I believe someone spotted the flag on an advertising poster for holidays on the nile and the rest as they say is history." This is the famous Cook who really started the tourist trade in the mid-19th Century, but obviously they expanded and an obvious area was the river nile and the pyramids, etc. I've been in contact with Ian Scott, who asked us about this flag originally, and he wrote me on 10-10-2011 saying: "The button was identified a couple of years ago belonging to Cook & Son Nile Service Steamers. Unfortunately the backmark used by Firmin covers a number of years so pinning it down to a particular period is difficult- all I can suggest is that it could be any time post WW1 up to just after WW2 (early 50's). s a committee member of the British Button Society and a collector of shipping buttons for many years, I have had few problems in identifying the majority of buttons that come my way but this one really has me beaten - I had thought maybe a yacht or boat club burgee but somehow I don't think so. Unfortunately no colours are shown apart from the fact that the diamond has a deckled finish usually indicating in heraldic convention terms the colours of either yellow or orange. The flag itself is a pennant on which is a diamond shape. It has a roped edge with an grommet inside that.- Lined background. The button is 22.5 mm diameter two-piece gilt spun back with the makers name Firmin, London on the back. Speculative image by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 October 2011Ĭould you please identify a flag on a uniform button as follows (if possible). Black Star and Crescent Flag Tentative ID ![]() Unidentified flags submitted in 2002 or earlierĠ7-1.White-Blue-Yellow over Red-Yellow-Red Stripes.British White Ensign with Blue Vertical Stripe.= Tentative ID (Tentative Identification) If you can help us identify any of these flags, please let us know! Contact the: UFE Editor. Please note our Policy for Submissions and Enquiries.īelow is a series of images of flags that have been provided to FOTW some we have recognized, and some we have been unable to recognize. This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Unidentified Flags or Ensigns (2007) - Flags submitted in 2007 - 1 of 2 pages
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