Flag of Rhodesia

Rhodesia
'The green and white'
UseNational flag and ensign
Proportion1:2
Adopted11 November 1968
Relinquished2 September 1979
DesignA vertical bicolour triband of green, white and green with the coat of arms of Rhodesia in the centre of the white panel.
Designed byGeoffrey Turner-Dauncey
Presidential flag of Rhodesia
UsePresidential flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted2 March 1970
DesignA sky blue field with the coat of arms of Rhodesia in the centre.
Flag of the prime minister of Rhodesia
UseFlag of the prime minister
Adopted1970
DesignA dark green triangular pennant with the coat of arms of Rhodesia on the wider near-side of the flag.
Ian Smith speaking at a dinner in England, with Rhodesian flags behind him.

The flag of Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe) changed with political developments in the country. At independence in 1965 the recently adopted flag of Southern Rhodesia was used, until a new flag (the green and white triband) was adopted in 1968. The 1968 flag remained in use following the declaration of the republic in 1970 and thus is associated with the end of the crown in Rhodesia. It was also initially the flag of Zimbabwe Rhodesia until a new flag was adopted in September 1979.