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Flag, Kuwait
Flag with the 1940 emblem of Kuwait.
The flag is made of blue wool bunting (double sided) with a cotton hoist with two brass grommets and is machine sewn. It is embroidered with four gold crowns in the corners and in the centre, the 1940 Kuwait emblem - a shield with a crown above bearing two crossed red flags and a hovering falcon. It was designed by the Sultan of Kuwait, Abdullah al-Salim (1895-1965).
The falg was presented to C. J. Pelly, political agent, Kuwait, between 1951-55.
The flag is made of blue wool bunting (double sided) with a cotton hoist with two brass grommets and is machine sewn. It is embroidered with four gold crowns in the corners and in the centre, the 1940 Kuwait emblem - a shield with a crown above bearing two crossed red flags and a hovering falcon. It was designed by the Sultan of Kuwait, Abdullah al-Salim (1895-1965).
The falg was presented to C. J. Pelly, political agent, Kuwait, between 1951-55.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA0488 |
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| Collection: | Flags |
| Type: | Flag |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Kuwait |
| Date made: | 1951-1955; 1951-55 1951-5 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | flag: 304.8 x 355.6 mm |