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Some background can be found at Oxford University boating flags.
I have three old postcards which have the flags of the Oxford University colleges pictured. They may be of the college boat clubs rather than the colleges themselves:
Card 1: Jesus, Wadham, Pembroke, Worcester, St. Edmund Hall, Hertford, Keble, St. Catherine's
Card 2: University, Marton, Balliol, Exeter, Oriel, Queen's
Card 3: New, Lincoln, Madgalen, Brasenose, Corpus Christi, Christ Church,
Trinity, St. John's
Peter Andrew Henry, 11 July 2006
The University of Oxford has 38 Colleges and six Permanent Private Halls
(PPHs) for a total of 46 higher education institutions. Not all of them have
individual Boat/Rowing Clubs though. The main source, the list of "Oars, Flags
and Arms" of Oxford Universtiy Colleges displays the following 22 (out of a
total of 35) Boat Clubs (below on this page).
Esteban Rivera, 4
February 2019
The set of three postcards, linked above, display selected Oxford College
boat clubs flags, blades (of the oars) and the coat of arms of the attendant
college. There are two editions of this set. The images of some College boat
clubs flags are different. All flags are displayed in ratio 1:2.
Both
editions can be found here:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-three-postcards-showing-the-oars-flags-and-arms-of-oxford-university-79810690.html
and here:
http://www.rowing-memorabilia.de/index.php/2-uncategorised/4135-pc-gbr-oxford-university-colleges-oar-blade-colours-flags-and-arms-3-consecutive-cards
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of Balliol College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oubal930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 March 2019
The flag is quartered of red and blue, parted by a white cross, like the flag of
the Dominican Republic. The centre is charged with two shields, one in bend, one
in bend sinister (despite of the shields of 1848 with another ratio).
(Please
note: in the source it can only be seen that the shields are different, I
divided the college arms and put each half on one of the shields.)
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Brasenose College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oubra930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is yellow, parted by a black cross, the horizontal crossbar bears the yellow initials “BNC”.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of Christ Church College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouccc930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is navy blue, parted by a white cross, like the flag of Greece.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Corpus Christi College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oucoc930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 March 2019
Corpus Christi Boat Club (1930)
It is a blue flag with ratio 1:2,
displaying a red pelican couchant.
Colin Dobson suggested (above) “(..)There is
(probably) an error where the Corpus boat flag is shown as a crimson pelican on
a blue background, when in fact, it is a yellow or gold pelican on a blue
background,(…), 11 July 2006”
Colin Dobson is right, but he
has seen the modern boat club flag.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-three-postcards-showing-the-oars-flags-and-arms-of-oxford-university-79810690.html
and
http://www.rowing-memorabilia.de/index.php/2-uncategorised/4135-pc-gbr-oxford-university-colleges-oar-blade-colours-flags-and-arms-3-consecutive-cards
both display a red pelican on a blue field. The colours are the perfect match
for the blades within the same sources. The pelican in both looks more than a
swan, and as the image is tiny, I can’t guarantee the existence of the
fledglings, which is the usual depiction of that pelican in heraldry. The ratio
is 1:2.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Exeter College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouexe930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is red, parted by a white cross, like the flag of the Order of Malta.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Hertford College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouhtf930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is a horizontal 5-stripes flag with alternating white and red
stripes.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Jesus College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oujes930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 March 2019
Jesus Boat Club (1930)
It is a white flag with ratio 1:2, displaying the
college arms in its centre with an additional green rococo ornament on top of
the shield.
((Please note:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-three-postcards-showing-the-oars-flags-and-arms-of-oxford-university-79810690.html
displays the flag in counterchanged colours, i.e. green with white shield,
displaying green stags, which is probably an error. Little paper flags of the
other version are still in use today as souvenirs on rowing events).
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
8 March 2019
![[Flag of Keble College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oukeb930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is red-white-blue vertical tricolour with thinner white stripe. In
centre of a white stripe is the college’s coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Lincoln College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oulin930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is blue, charged with a yellow mitre.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Magdalen College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oumag930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 March 2019
Magdalen Boat Club (1930)
It is a white flag with ratio 1:2, displaying
three white lilies, intertwined by green stems.
(Please note:
http://www.rowing-memorabilia.de/index.php/2-uncategorised/4135-pc-gbr-oxford-university-colleges-oar-blade-colours-flags-and-arms-3-consecutive-cards
displays the same flag with white stems.)
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
8 March 2019
![[Flag of Merton College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oumer930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is white, charged with a red Greek cross, like the flag of the Red Cross Organisation.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of Oriel College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouori930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag with alternating navy-blue and white
stripes.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of Pembroke College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@oupem930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
It is white flag with red stripes at hoist and fly end, in centre charged
with a Tudor rose.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of Queen’s College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouque930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is blue with a white shield in centre displaying the college arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of St. John’s College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ousca930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is red, parted by a white bend, charged with three red bladed
wheels.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of St. Edmund Hall College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouste930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
It is a horizontal 5-stripes flag with alternating red and yellow stripes.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of St. John’s College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ousjo930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is white, parted by a navy blue cross, in centre superimposed by a Paschal Lamb, the attribute of the college patron St. John the Baptist.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Trinity College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@outri930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 March 2019
Trinity Boat Club (1930)
It is a white flag with ratio 1:2, displaying two
blue griffins’ heads addorsed, connected by a wreath of the same.
(Please
note:
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-three-postcards-showing-the-oars-flags-and-arms-of-oxford-university-79810690.html
displays the white flag with griffin’s heads in colours of the 1848.)
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
9 March 2019
![[Flag of University College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouuni930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is blue, charged with a yellow cross patonce.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of Wadham College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouwad93b.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
![[Flag of Wadham College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouwad93w.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is white, charged with a blue cross patty in one link, but blue,
charged with a white cross patty in the other.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
![[Flag of Worcester College Boat Club 1930]](../images/g/gb@ouwor930.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 February 2019
The flag is black, charged with a pink cross patty.
Klaus-Michael Schneider,
14 February 2019
