Flags of the world

National flag of the kingdom of Tonga.  100% polyester and suitable for a flagpole.  Size 5ft x 3 ft (1500mm x 900mm).

The flag of Tonga was adopted on 4 November 1875.

The flag looks similar to the flag of the Red Cross and was originally identical to that flag, but to avoid confusion, it was changed so that the red cross appeared as a canton of a red ensign, making it similar to the 17th-century English Red Ensign.

The flag has been in use since 1864 but it was officially adopted only in 1875. Clause 47 of the Tongan Constitution states: "The Flag of Tonga shall never be altered but shall always be the flag of the Kingdom."

Flag of the United Kingdom - Union Jack.  5ft x 3ft (1500mm x 900mm).  100% polyester, suitable for a flagpole.
The origins of the flag date back to 1603, when James VI of Scotland inherited the English and Irish thrones (as James I), thereby uniting the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland in a personal union (which remained separate states). On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (a red cross on a white background, known as St George's Cross), and the flag of Scotland (a white saltire on a blue background, known as the Saltire or St Andrew's Cross), would be joined together, forming the flag of Great Britain and first union flag.

The current design dates from the Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801. The flag combines aspects of three national flags: the red cross of Saint George, the red saltire of Saint Patrick's Flag, and the Flag of Scotland. Wales remains the only country not represented on the union flag.

Flag of USA.  100% polyester, suitable for a flagpole.  5ft x 3ft (1500mm x 900mm)

The thirteen stripes represent the original thirteen colonies that were settled by the British Empire.

In 1776, the colonies achieved independence, and came together to form United States of America. Over the history of the United States, the country expanded across the continent to the west coast and beyond, increasing the total number of states to fifty.

The fifty states are represented by the fifty stars in the canton.

Designed by Joaquín Suárez the first head of state of Uruguay in December 1828 and President of Uruguay 1843-1852.

The national flag of Uruguay has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted by law on 16 December 1828, and had 19 stripes until 11 July 1830, when a new law reduced the number of stripes to nine.