British Mandate of Palestine 1923-1948

Mandate Government of Palestine-Eretz Israel

Last modified: 2005-02-19 by santiago dotor
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by António Martins

• Introduction
• Civil Ensign 1927-1948 (Red Ensign)
• High Commissioner for Palestine Ensign 1936-1948
• Customs, Excise and Trade Department Ensign 1926-1929
• Customs and Postal Services Ensign 1929-1948 (Blue Ensign)
• Customs, Excise and Trade Department Jack 1929-1948
• Postal Service Jack 1929-1948
• Palestine Police Flag Proposal
• Flag Proposals 1933 (proposed badge with Jerusalem as a hill-top city)
• Use of Zionist Flags in the Palestine Mandate

See also:

• Mandate of Palestine and Transjordan 1920-1923
• Historical Flags (Israel)
• Historical Flags (Palestine)
• British Colonies

After the 1914-18 War the former Turkish province of Palestine was under British Military Administration until the League of Nations granted it to Britain as a Mandated Territory. The Colonial Office reluctantly took over from the Army in 1923. Some thought that it was not an appropriate responsibility for the Colonial Office, and that either the Foreign Office or a special Secretary of State should have taken charge. Nothing was done about a flag as it was not considered desirabl