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Hemendra Bhola, 19 June 2021
According to 'Pavillons nationaux et marques distinctives' [pay00], the President's flag is a
3:5 dark blue field with a big national coat of arms in a golden
laurel wreath. 'Dorling-Kindersley Pocket Book' [udk97] says the coat of arms
represents the three ships of Columbus who landed in Trinidad in
1498. The top of the shield depicts two hummingbirds. The
supporters are two local birds, a scarlet ibis and a cocrico,
respectively. The shield stands on waves breaking against the
rocky coasts of the islands. The same source states the flag was
chosen from designs sent by the public.
Ivan Sache, 11 January 2001
Politikens Flagbook, says that the National flag was chosen
from designs sent in by the public. (It also just mentions that
Columbus landed "here"(??) in 1498. ). It adds that the
country also has a flag for the Prime minister, that we do have a
description of, and for several other ministers, that we
apparently know nothing about. The coat of arms on the Presidential Flag
appears to be the same one we have on the page (see: Coat of arms) , including the helmet and
the scroll. PF calls the field "blue", and it uses a
saturated blue colour, but not a really dark one; even the blue
of the blue ensigns is a slightly darker colour.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 14 January 2001
According to Album 2000 [pay00]
- President of the Republic (3:5~) - Blue flag with the coat of
arms withing a golden wreath. The [udk97]
used lighter blue but what is more correct is not clear to me.
Željko Heimer, 6 April 2003
This image is based on photos of the flag seen behind the President. It
appears that the Coat of Arms and circular wreath are both 'gold' in color
rather than the coat of arms being in it's proper color as is reported
previously.
Hemendra Bhola, 3 June 2010
image
by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 4 August 2001
Source: DK pocket book [udk97]
image
by Blas Delgado Ortiz and Željko Heimer, 6
April 2003
Source: Album 2000 [pay00]
These version of the President's standard have been published, but based on
images of the actual flag, the coat of arms does not appear in colour on any
current President’s Standard.
Hemendra Bhola, 19 June 2021
image
by Hemendra V. Bhola, 19 June 2021
The flag of the prime minister is white with the state flag
in the upper left corner and the coat of arms in a laurel wreath centered
on the right half of the flag.
Source: Whitney Smith - All världens flaggor,
1980 (Flags and Arms across the World).
Marcus Wendel , 9 September 1999
According to Album 2000 [pay00]
- Prime Minister (3:5~) - White flag with the national flag in
canton and the coat of arms within a golden wreath in the fly. Peter
Hans van den Muijzenberg notes that Politikens Flagbook
(which one?) mentioned, but do not describe flags for other
ministers, too.
Željko Heimer, 6 April 2003