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![[State Ensign 1943-1964 (Malta)]](../images/m/mt~s1943.gif)
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The third badge was a white/red flat top shield with George Cross on blue canton. On a white circle on the Blue Ensign. Source: List of colonial badges in the 1965 amendment to Flags of All Nations B.R. 20(1) [hms55].
David Prothero, 7 February 2000
Until when was this blue ensign used? I would have guessed until 1964 (Maltese independence), but then how does it appear on a 1965 amendment? Maybe the amendment was published 1964 but prepared early in 1964 when independence was not yet clearly envisaged?
Santiago Dotor, 15 December 2000
I had not noticed that the amendment date was after the flag had been discontinued. It was a general amendment listing whether or not badges were displayed on a white disc. As you supposed, an amendment that needed amending.
David Prothero, 15 December 2000
This is a scan of the arms/badge shown in Strickland 1992 [str92]. The dexter should be white, the sinister red, the canton blue and the George Cross white.
David Prothero, 4 March 2001
If I have interpreted the information in FotW correctly, the George Cross was awarded to the people of Malta on 1
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