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The flag of the
When the Orange Free State became an independent republic in February 1854, the government hoisted a red, white and blue flag. Details of the exact design have been lost, but it was presumably similar to the contemporary
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State ( ; ) was an independent Boer-ruled sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the British Em ...
was officially used from 1857 to 1902. It was superseded by the flag of the Orange River Colony.
History
When the Orange Free State became an independent republic in February 1854, the government hoisted a red, white and blue flag. Details of the exact design have been lost, but it was presumably similar to the contemporary flag of the Netherlands
The national flag of the Netherlands () is a horizontal tricolour (flag), tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a variant of the late 16th century orange-white-blue ''Prince's Flag, Prinsenvlag'' ("Prince's Fla ...
. It was evidently intended as a temporary flag, as the first State President, Josias Philip Hoffman asked King Willem III of the Netherlands (r. 1849–1890) to give the new state which bore the Dutch royal family's name a flag and coat of arms. The king graciously agreed.
A flag and coat of arms were designed by the Hoge Raad van Adel. They duly arrived in the Orange Free State in January 1856, and the Volksraad (legislature) resolved on 28 February 1856 that "the design of the flag sent by the King of the Netherlands shall be adopted".''Notulen vande Volksraad van de Oranje Vrijstaat'' (1856) It was officially taken into use a year later, on 23 February 1857, the third anniversary of the republic.Pama, C. (1965). ''Lions and Virgins''.Brownell, F.G. (1993). ''National and Provincial Symbols''.
It was used until the republic came to an end on 31 May 1902.
The flag was later incorporated into the design of the national flag of South Africa
The national flag of South Africa was designed in March 1994 and adopted on 27 April 1994, during South Africa's South African general election, 1994, 1994 general election, to replace the Flag of South Africa (1928–1994), previous flag used ...
(from 1928 to 1994) and used by the Anglo-Boer War Museum and the Voortrekker Monument
The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. The granite structure is located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854. It was designed by the ar ...
.
The flag also appears in the music video of the Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...
song '' De la Rey'' by Bok van Blerk.
Description
The flag consisted of seven horizontal bands of white (4) and orange (3), with theDutch flag
The national flag of the Netherlands () is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. The current design originates as a variant of the late 16th century orange-white-blue '' Prinsenvlag'' ("Prince's Flag"), evolving in the early 17th ...
in the canton.
See also
*Coat of arms of the Orange Free State
The coat of arms of the Orange Free State was the official heraldic symbol of the Orange Free State as a republic from 1857 to 1902, and later, from 1937 to 1994, as a province of South Africa. It is now obsolete.
History
The Orange Free State ...
* List of South African flags
This article lists the flags of the various colonies and states that have existed in South Africa since 1652, as well as other flags pertaining to South Africa, including governmental, military, police and provincial flags.
Overview
The followi ...
* Flag of the Cape Colony
* Flag of Goshen
The flag of Goshen was the official flag of the short-lived South African territory of State of Goshen, Goshen from 1883 to 1885. It is currently used in the Cenotaph Hall of the Voortrekker Monument.
History
The state of Goshen arose from a war ...
* Flag of Natal
The flag of Natal was the official flag of the South African colony of Natal from 1870 to 1910. It formed part of a system of colonial flags that were used throughout the British Empire.
History
In a series of decisions made in 1864, 1865, and ...
* Flag of the Natalia Republic
The flag of the Natalia Republic was the official flag of this short-lived South African state, which existed from 1839 to 1843.
History
Emigrant Boers ('voortrekkers') from the Cape Colony established an independent state in 1839, on territory c ...
* Flag of the Orange River Colony
* Flag of South Africa
The national flag of South Africa was designed in March 1994 and adopted on 27 April 1994, during South Africa's South African general election, 1994, 1994 general election, to replace the Flag of South Africa (1928–1994), previous flag used ...
* Flag of the South African Republic
The South African Republic, which existed from 1852 to 1877, 1881 to 1902, and 1914 to 1915, used two flags: (1) the so-called 'Vierkleur' () from 1857 to 1874, and again from 1875 to 1877 and 1881 to 1902, and (2) the so-called 'Burgers Flag ...
* Flag of Stellaland
* Flag of Transvaal
The Flag of Transvaal was the official flag of the Transvaal Colony, Transvaal colony in South Africa from ''circa'' 1903 to 1910. It formed part of a system of colonial flags that was used throughout the British Empire. It was superseded by the ...
References
Sources
* Brownell, F.G. (1993). ''National and Provincial Symbols''. * Burgers, A.P. (1997). ''Sovereign Flags over Southern Africa''. * Burgers, A.P. (2008). ''The South African Flag Book''. * Pama, C. (1965). ''Lions and Virgins''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Orange Free State, Flag of the Flags of South Africa South African heraldryOrange Free State
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