Flag of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Flag of the 1953–1963 British territory in Southern Africa

The flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a defaced Blue Ensign. Centred in the fly of the flag was a depiction of the shield from the Federation's coat of arms. The rising sun is taken from the colonial arms of Nyasaland (now Malawi), the lion passant is taken from the arms of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and the black and white wavy lines is taken from the arms of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). In this form, it shows the Federation of all three British colonies which lasted from 1953 to 1963. This flag flew alongside the Union Jack for the duration of the existence of the Federation.^[1]

References

^ "Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland". Flags of the World Web Site.

United Kingdom	Anguilla Ascension Island Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands
New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue Ross Dependency

States, provinces
and other
administrative divisions

Australian states	New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Canadian provinces	British Columbia Manitoba Ontario
US states	Hawaii
US counties	Somerset County, Maryland Westmoreland County

Cities

Chile	Coquimbo
United States	Baton Rouge, Louisiana Mobile, Alabama New Castle, Delaware Taunton, Massachusetts

Miscellaneous

Historical

Dominions and independent states	Canada (1868–1965) Newfoundland (1907–1931) Rhodesia (1964–1968) South Africa (1910–1928) South Africa (1928–1994) United States (1776–1777)
Other flags	British Columbia (1870–1960) East India Company (1600–1858) Gibraltar (1875–1982) Hong Kong (1871–1997) India (1880–1947) Southern Rhodesia (1924–1964) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–1963) Tanganyika (1923–1961) Weihaiwei (1898–1930)