History
The flag of Cape Colony was first used on 12 May 1875 when it was flown to mark the occasion of laying a foundation stone on the House of Parliament in Cape Town. The flag was first used as the flag of the Governor of Cape Colony, but it soon was used to represent the entire Cape Colony. The flag followed the traditional pattern of the colonial coat of arms in the center of a Union Flag surrounded by a green laurel garland.
Official authorisation by Royal Warrant for the coat of arms of the colony was granted over a year later, on 29 May 1876 and Blue Ensign bearing these arms on a white roundel was introduced soon thereafter. There does not seem to have been a Red Ensign version of the flag.
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