The Star of India,circled with the words 'Heavens Light Our Guide'
I was asked by my friend Steve Clark-Grey from the Roberts Spray Dixie Roller if I could identify this flag,at the time I could not,Steve has owned the rather beaten up red duster at least twenty years,I think he found it in a second hand store? I suggested the star was added by a second person,Steve told me that could not be the case,its printed in the fabric,today I discovered this:
The Star of India had a star with the words Heaven's light our ... United Kingdom in use in London The Red Ensign or Red Duster is a flag that originated in India,etc etc
This proclamation was dated 25th June 1861
“ The Queen, being desirous of affording to the Princes, Chiefs and People of the Indian Empire, a public and signal testimony of Her regard, by the Institution of an Order of Knighthood, whereby Her resolution to take upon Herself the Government of the Territories in India may be commemorated, and by which Her Majesty may be enabled to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty, has been graciously pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to institute, erect, constitute, and create, an Order of Knighthood, to be known by, and have for ever hereafter, the name, style, and designation, of "The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India" ”
Check out the Indian Viceroy flag I had specially made and which now hangs in my classroom:
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