State Flag and Ensign 1882-1948 (British North Borneo, Malaysia)

Last modified: 2006-08-26 by ian macdonald
Keywords: british north borneo | lion (red) | disc (yellow) |
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Flag adopted 5th January 1882, abolished 24th October 1949

• Description

See also:

• British North Borneo 1881-1963 (Malaysia)
• Sabah (Malaysia)
• Malaysia
• Malaysia - Index of all pages

Description

In the Admiralty Flag Book 1889 the lion faces the fly but is changed to face the hoist in a 1902 amendment. I think that this was probably to correct an error in the book and not a change in the design of the flag.
David Prothero, 4 January 2001