List of Kittitian and Nevisian flags

National

Flag Duration Use Description
1983-present Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis A yellow-edged black diagonal band bearing two white five-pointed stars divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is red.[1][2]
1967–1983 Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla A vertical tricolour of green, yellow and blue charged with a palm tree at the centre.
1967 Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla A vertical tricolour of green, yellow and blue.
1958–1967 Flag of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla A blue ensign with the emblem of the territory in the fly.
1958–1962 Flag of the West Indies Federation A blue field with four white horizontal wavy bars (the top pair of bars being parallel and the lower pair also parallel) and an orange sun in the centre.
1871–1956 Flag of the British Leeward Islands A blue ensign with the emblem of the territory in the fly.

Subnational

Flag Duration Use Description
?-present Flag of Nevis The flag incorporates the national flag in the top left corner.

Government

Flag Duration Use Description
1983-present Flag of the governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'COUNTRY ABOVE SELF' on a blue field
1980-1983 Flag of the governor-general of Saint Christopher and Nevis A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS' on a blue field
1967-1980 Flag of the governor-general of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'St.CHRISTOPHER NEVIS ANGUILLA' on a blue field
1958–1962 Flag of the governor-general of West Indies Federation A lion statant guardant surmounted upon St Edward's Crown above a gold scroll inscribed with 'THE WEST INDIES' on a blue field
1958-1967 Flag of the governor of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla A Union Jack defaced with the badge of the territory

Military

Flag Duration Use Description
Naval ensign of Saint Kitts and Nevis A white field with a centered red cross, the national flag stretched out to a ratio of 1:2 is in the canton.
1958–1962 Naval ensign of the West Indies Federation A white field with a centered red cross, the national flag stretched out to a ratio of 1:2 is in the canton.

See also

References

  1. ^ Shaw, Carol P. (1992). Flags. HarperCollins UK. ISBN 0-00-470114-3.
  2. ^ Smith, Whitney. "Saint Kitts and Nevis, flag of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved June 10, 2013. (subscription required)