Coats of Arms Between 1800 and 1964
Malta was a British protectorate from 1800 to 1813 and a colony from 1813 to 1964. The coat of arms used in Malta were the arms of Great Britain. However, Malta had three colonial badges between 1875 and 1964. The first (1875-c.1898) showed a white Maltese cross on a white and red panel, the second (c.1898-1943) showed a white and red shield (like the arms of Mdina), and the third (1943–1964) was like the 1898 arms, but with a George Cross on a blue canton on the white half. All three badges were featured on the Maltese state ensigns, and the second badge appeared on the low values of Malta's 1926-1930 definitive postage stamps, along with the portrait of King George V.
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1800-1801
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1801-1816
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1816-1837
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1837-1952
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1953-1964
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