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Belize, Belice

Flag adopted: 21 September 1981
Coat of Arms adopted: 21 September 1981

The Flag
The white disk in the center has 50 olive leaves along its inner periphery. This represents the year 1950, when British Honduras (Belize's former name) began its quest for independence from the UK. When Belize became independent in 1981, the two red stripes were added to the previous flag.

In the center of the white disk there is a coat of arms divided in three sections. The left field holds an oar and a sledgehammer, the right one contains a saw and an ax, and the bottom one has a sailing ship. If one looks at the ship closely, one sees a red flag flying which might be a British Red Ensign.

Above the coat of arms, there is a tree, and below the c.o.a., one can see Belize's motto "Sub umbra floreo" -- I flourish in the shadow (referring to the dependence from the UK). There is a mulatto man holding an ax to the left of the coat of arms. On the right side, a black man holds an oar.

The coat of arms seems to have been slightly modified compared to the arms in the 'pre-independence' flag (without stripes) shown in W. Smith's book. Note the change of darkness of the green, and the substitution of the orange with yellow for the right section of the coat of arms. Also, the saw went from a blade saw to a bow saw. On the old flag, the men stand on the motto, whereas on the new one, they are on the ground, and the motto is smaller.
Zeljko Heimer, 17 Febuary 1996

According to 'Pavillons nationaux et marques distinctives' [pay00] - National Flag (CSW/CSW 2:3) - The details of the CoA, as it is tradition of British (and not only British) heraldry are allowed to varry to the artistic representation as long as they follow the blazon, and therefore differences shown in each picture of this flag are understandable, I guess. This is also one of those former British colonies that did not adopt the British cusom of different ensigns for different use on sea (and land) and all functions are covered with a flag of single design. This may be influence of the big USA relatively near (and influencial), but on the other hand, Centralamerican states in the vicinity all know about different ensigns for various purposes.
Do we know anything about details of this flag ? - The stripes seem to be 1/10 of the flag hoist and the disk is like 6/10. Is that defined somewhere?
The [smi80] also who the triangular flag of the Minister President - would there be a matching flag in use today?
Zeljko Heimer, 4 March 2001

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