Template:Did you know nominations/Flag of Southern Rhodesia

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:06, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Flag of Southern Rhodesia

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flag of Southern Rhodesia

• ... that the Flag of Southern Rhodesia (pictured) changed colour to match the RAF ensign to protest British treatment of Southern Rhodesia?

• ALT1:... that Rhodesia was going to be allowed to compete at the 1972 Olympics under the Flag of Southern Rhodesia (pictured), though their manager said they'd stand for the Boy Scouts flag?

  

  The flag of Southern Rhodesia

• Reviewed: Gospel of John
• Comment: The sky blue flag is for the original, the dark blue one is for the alt (which could be used for the Olympics)

Created by The C of E (talk). Self-nominated at 07:58, 20 July 2016 (UTC).

• New enough, long enough and no copyvio. Both hooks are interesting, and reliably sourced. QPQ done. Both images are public domain '''tAD''' (talk) 21:19, 20 July 2016 (UTC)