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![[Philippines - US High Commissioner flag]](../images/p/ph_hc39.gif)
by
Zeljko Heimer
The flag of the High Commissioner is in ratio 2:3, divided horizontally in
two fields, the upper consisting of 13 vertical stripes white-red, and the lower
being blue with a white sea-lion. The lion is in a somewhat different position
than in the coat of arms on the presidential flag
nearby (I'd say "vertical", while the latter is "horizontal").
Zeljko Heimer, 20 February 2002
This flag, as shown in Flaggenbuch, was the flag of the American High
Commissioner of the Philippine Islands (1935-1946), representative of the
President of the United States to the Philippines during the Commonwealth period
preparatory to final independence. The High Commissioners replaced the
Governors-General and they were: Frank Murphy (former mayor of Detroit, later
governor of Michigan, US Solicitor General, then member of the US Supreme
Court), Paul V. McNutt (former Governor of Indiana, presidential contender,
efficiency board chairman during the war, later high commissioner again and
first US ambassador to the Philippines), Francis B. Sayre, son-in-law of Woodrow
Wilson, career State Department Diplomat (High Commissioner at the time of the
outbreak of the war).
Manuel L. Quezon III, 20 February 2002
Prior to 1935, there was a governor-general's flag for the Philippines, but
no image has been found, only mentions in books. My conjecture is that it was
the seal of the Philippine Islands on a blue flag with four yellow stars.
Manuel L. Quezon III, 12 November 2002
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