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![[Civil Ensign 1882-1948 (North Borneo, Malaysia)]](../images/m/my_nb1882r.gif)
1:2 image
by Martin
Grieve, 7 June 2008
Flag adopted 5th January
1882, abolished 24th October 1949
A defaced Red Ensign was necessary as the inhabitants of North Borneo were not British
subjects and therefore not entitled to fly the plain Red Ensign. In the Admiralty Flag Book
1889 the lion faces the fly but is changed to face the hoist
in a 1902 amendment. I think that this was probably to correct an error
in the book and not a change in the design of the flag.
David Prothero, 4 January 2001
![[Civil Ensign 1882-1948 (North Borneo, Malaysia)]](../images/m/my_nb1903r.gif)
1:2 image
by Martin Grieve, 7 June 2008
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