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British Antarctic Territories

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by giuseppe bottasini
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BY mark sensen 5-DEC-1995



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History

According to Crampton's _Observer's Book of Flags_ the British Antartic Territory arms are "an embellished form" of the arms of the Falkland Islands Dependencies granted in 1953. This was when the FID still included British Antartica and was a seperate entity from the Falkland Islands proper. When the British Antarctic Territory was founded in 1962 the remaining parts of the FID (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) reverted to the Falkland Islands. However, since the Falklands War, a new territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was founded in 1985. As far as I know, this territory has jet to be granted arms or a flag badge.
roy stilling 5-DEC-1995