Wales Flag

The design a large red dragon on a white and green background was officially adopted in 1959.

Wales flag. Flag of a constituent unit of the united kingdom flown subordinate to the union jack that has horizontal stripes of white and green bearing a large red dragon during the era of roman rule in britain a vexilloid flaglike standard was introduced that may have been invented in persia iran. A red dragon adorns the flag facing the flag post. The wales nylon outdoor flag is made with heavyweight bunting material with four double stitched side seams that are finished with a no shrink white header. Image caption the 1953 flag which provoked criticism.

The flag of wales featuring the iconic red dragon was granted official status in 1959. Ho 144 22962 flying of red dragon flag of wales. The flag for wales a country in the united kingdom may show as the letters gbwls. The flag of wales is a rectangle in the ratio 3 5.

The flag incorporates the red dragon of cadwaladr king of gwynedd along with the tudor. In terms of heraldry the dragon is passant. Wales emoji is a tag sequence combining black flag tag latin small letter g tag latin small letter b tag latin small letter w tag latin small letter l tag latin small letter s and cancel tag these display as. The flag of wales welsh.

Flag date use description 1401 1416. Get the welsh flag in superknit polyester or 100 sturdy nylon. Banner adopted by owain glyndŵr and thought to be derived from the counter charged arms of the princely houses of mathrafal and dinefwr it is currently in use by the national eisteddfod for wales cymdeithas yr iaith and widely amongst pro independence groups. The essence of this design was then used to form the first official welsh flag created for the queen s coronation in 1953.

It is divided longitudinally into two halves. The green and white background stripes represent the house of tudor a welsh dynasty that once held the english throne. The design of the dragon is not standardized and many variations upon the basic template are in use. The upper one white and the lower one green.

Larger wales flag wales coat of arms. Quarterly or and gules four lions rampant counter charged. Baner cymru or y ddraig goch meaning the red dragon consists of a red dragon passant on a green and white field as with many heraldic charges the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised and many renderings exist the flag is not represented in the union flag. It comprised a.