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Description: | 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.
caption: Kuwait Flag
caption: unavailable | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | flags | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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