Flag of Shropshire
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Proportion | 3:5 |
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Adopted | March 2012 |
The Shropshire flag is the recently adopted county flag of Shropshire. It was registered with the Flag Institute in March 2012.
History
The flag is a banner of the arms of the former Shropshire (or Salop) County Council which were awarded in 1895. The jaguars' faces, fondly referred to as "loggerheads" locally, are a traditional emblem for Shropshire (and several of its towns) and have historically evolved from the loggerheads[1] on the Shrewsbury town arms, themselves first recorded in 1623. This originates presumably in the practice of carving some such motif on the head of the log used as a battering ram. The "gold" erminois aspect differentiates the county arms/flag from those of its county town.[2]
The flag (with the short-lived "white" ermine pattern instead of the erminois) was flown above the Department for Communities and Local Government in April 2011 as part of a scheme to promote traditional English counties.[3][2]
Design
Erminois, three piles issuant two from chief and one from base each bearing a jaguar's head.
The Pantone colours for the flag are:
- Dark Blue
- Yellow
- Black
References
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loggerhead
- 1 2 British County Flags Shropshire Flag
- ↑ Communities.gov.uk – Shropshire flag flies at Department for Communities and Local Government Date 18 April 2011