Bailiwick of Jersey

Last modified: 2004-12-18 by andré coutanche
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by Vincent Morley
Flag adopted 7 April 1981.

• Description of the flag
• Previously used flag
• Reports of the use of the flag
• Origin of the Arms
• Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor
• Civil ensign
  • Reports of a new ensign (2000)
• Jersey Blue Ensign
• Minquiers

See also:

• Dependencies of the Crown
• United Kingdom
• Arms of the parishes of Jersey

The flag is white with a red saltire. Above this saltire appear the arms of Jersey.
Pascal Vagnat, 14 March 1996

The current flag was officially hoisted for the first time in 1981 (bicentenary of the battle of Jersey) although the proposal for the adoption of a new flag dated back to the Queen's Silver Jubilee year of 1977. The States of Jersey approved the new design on 12 June 1979, with only two votes against. The Queen officially issued the proclamation of the new flag on 10 December 1980.

Strictly speaking, the crown above the arms on the flag is not part of the arms of Jersey and was a new device introduced for some heraldic reason (potential confusion with use of the three leopards by England, I gather). The crown is described as being of 'ancient type' and is commonly called the Plantagenet crown.