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![[Flag of the British Virgin Islands]](../images/v/vg).gif)
image by Zoltan
Horvath, 24 April 2024
based on
https://www.bvi.gov.vg/territorial-badge
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From
www.bvi.gov.vg:
"The Badge of the British Virgin Islands comprises a green
shield charged with twelve golden oil lamps with red flames and a
female figure, St. Ursula, patron saint of the British Virgin
Islands attired in white and wearing sandals, carrying one of
those lamps."
Gvido Pētersons, 7 May 2003
Note the coat of arms used on flags is slightly different, the motto is
written with black letters.
Description of coat of arms:
The coat of
arms depicts Saint Ursula framed by eleven oil lamps, which represent the
eleven thousand virgins after whom the Virgin Islands were named. Beneath Saint
Ursula is a scroll that reads, in Latin, “Vigilate” (Be Watchful). The wreath,
an embellished garland of two green branches tied in the centre with a blue bow
surrounds them both. The Territorial Badge was officially adopted on 15th
November, 1960.
Zoltan Horvath, 24 April 2024
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