What can you tell about a country flag...

What can you tell about a country flag, you can guess from what country it is. But what’s the meaning of the flag symbol? Taking the ancient Rhodesia flag. The Coat of Arms of Rhodesia was first used for the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1923, simply known as Rhodesia after 1964. The shield has textured a red lion rampant and two thistles, taken from the family arms of Cecil Rhodes, from where the colony was called, and the Latin inscriptions “Sit Nomine Digna” (May It Be Worthy of the Name) is a allusion to Rhodes. The pick, in gold on a green field, represents mining, the economic mainstay of the colony. Also featured above the shield is the soapstone statuette of a bird found in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. The shield of the arms was used on a British Blue Ensign, like most other British colonies, originally on a white disc, but later without one. This design served as the Flag of Rhodesia until 1964, when the field of the flag was changed to light blue. In 1968, the full coat of arms was created on a new national flag, placed in the centre, and when Rhodesia was declared a republic in 1970, was featured on the President's flag. The arms remained unchanged by the renaming of the country as Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979, and were used by the government of Zimbabwe from 1980 to1981, when the present Coat of Arms of Zimbabwe were introduced.

The Coat of Arms of Zimbabwe was adopted on September , 1981, one year and five months after the national flag was adopted.

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