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Sierra Leone

by zeljko heimer 27-OCT-1996

Colonial Flag of Sierra Leone

Colonial Flag of Sierra Leone

by zeljko heimer 27-OCT-1996

The none-too imaginative British had the same badge for all their minor West African possessions. This one is for the Gambia; Sierra Leone differs only by having the initials "S.L." instead of "G.", and the Gold Coast (now Ghana) had "G.C."

josh fruhlinger 13-FEB-1996

They were not _that_ unimaginative! Although what you say is true of Gambia and Gold Coast, Sierra Leone adopted its own coat of arms in 1914. A second coat of arms (still used) was adopted in 1960: a gold lion passant on a green field; a white chief dancetty (zig-zagged) upon which are three torches. At the base two blue wavy lines on white symbolizing the sea.

With the addition of a crown surmounded 'E' on a blue disc surrounded by a chaplet of gold roses, the arms formed the Royal flag of Sierra Leone until the country became a republic in 1971.

stuart notholt 14-FEB-1996