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Anybody identify this flag?

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I would say ... "home made".

Several combinations there.
 
36" X 22.5"......in a batch of others same size.
Only unidentifiable one.
 
errr ... Orange Free State flag wasn't red white and blue ...
 
Another geographical region with *quite* a history!
 
Found out a gal in the Church had designed some teaching curriculum years ago, and it got lost..including all these flags.
She saw my wife's posting on a give-away forum and would like them back.
Funny how things come around...
 
Funny.

In my family we often refer to Éire (Ireland) as "The Free State" (which was its old name back in the 30s).

"Orange" was associated with the people on our northern border. My family (McCabes) are from Cavan which is part of Ulster. Ulster is a region that is split between Northern Ireland and Éire.
I have family in both Northern Ireland and Éire....some are "Orange" and some from "The Free State".

In 1956 my father nearly moved us from Ireland to South Africa. He had all the immigration paperwork done. At the last minute, Mom convinced him to move to Canada instead (and then, eventually, the US).

Fun reading about that flag!
 
aeronca65t said:
Funny.

In my family we often refer to Éire (Ireland) as "The Free State" (which was its old name back in the 30s).

"Orange" was associated with the people on our northern border. My family (McCabes) are from Cavan which is part of Ulster. Ulster is a region that is split between Northern Ireland and Éire.
I have family in both Northern Ireland and Éire....some are "Orange" and some from "The Free State".

In 1956 my father nearly moved us from Ireland to South Africa. He had all the immigration paperwork done. At the last minute, Mom convinced him to move to Canada instead (and then, eventually, the US).

Fun reading about that flag!
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interestingly in '58 when my dad came to Canada, he (my dad) had a friend in South Africa who wanted him to go there and join this guys shipbuilding frim. My dad said "no," too much political BS. He came to Canada, met my mom and the rest as they say is history.

as an aside, a few years ago I met a guy named Ralph Spence - he is a (retired) bishop (Anglican) and is a world expert on flags. He has helped a number of new nations design their flags and gets calls from all over the world on protocol, but, two quick stories. 1. He is standing with a protocol officer in front of the United Nations, points to a flag and says "that one is wrong, they changed it last month." The officer calls his boss, tells him and the boss says, "you're with Ralph aren't you?" 2. A few years later he gets a call from Buckingham Palace, they fly him over to organize the room with the flags for the fenders on cars - which to keep which to discard. He does, and they give him a couple of obsolete ones to thank him. Not much later he is back at the palace for tea and ends up chatting with the queen. She looks at him and says, "I hear you nicked some of my flags." Very interesting guy!
 
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