British Virgin Islands - Historical Flags

Last modified: 2021-08-25 by rob raeside
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• Governor's 1960 Flag
• The 1960 Arms
• Possible Blue Ensign of 1956-1960
• Flag at the Olympic Winter Games; Sarajevo, 1984

See also:

• British Virgin Islands
• British Virgin Islands - The Badge
• United Kingdom - Colonial Flags

Governor's 1960 Flag

by Martin Grieve, 7 February 2004

The 1960 Arms

by Martin Grieve, 7 February 2004

Possible Blue Ensign of 1956-1960

by Martin Grieve, 7 February 2004

The shield was a component of the arms of the Leeward Islands.  In 1960 a motto was added to the shield, to make the arms of the Virgin Islands.   Between 1956, when the federation of the Leeward Islands was dissolved, and 1960 when the arms of the Virgin Islands were granted, some flags may have been produced with the shield but no motto.
David Prothero, 10 Febuary 2004

Flag at the Olympic Winter Games; Sarajevo, 1984

by Jens Patke, 29 August 2004

The British Virgin Islands had started their participation some days before the opening of the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo, 1984 .Unfortunately, the organizer could not produce an official Blue Ensign. Therefore, the regulators used a white cloth with the blue inscription "B.DJEVIC`'ANSKA OSTRVA" in Serbo-Croatian language in the Latin alphabet with the Olympic rings the second line. One could see this flag on the events of the opening and the conclusion of the XIV Olympic Winter Games as seen in this photo.
Jens Patke, 29 August 2004