Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic The flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (country) was adopted by the Georgian SSR on April 11, 1951. The flag was designed by the artist Severian Maysashvili Davidovich (1900–1980). On the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR in which the new national flag was adopted with the description: It was the only Union Republic flag in which the hammer and sickle was not gold in colour. Before 1937 the flag was red with the Georgian characters სსსრ ("SSSR") in gold in the top-left corner. Between 1922
Flag of New South Wales similar to the design of the Victorian flag. The state badge was designed by the Colonial Architect James Barnet and Captain Francis Hixson, a retired Royal Navy officer. Even though no meaning for the design was given, it is perhaps a simplified version of what was the semi-official arms of New South Wales at the time. The first flag of New South Wales was adopted 1867. It too was a defaced British Blue Ensign with the letters "NSW" in white located in the fly. The flag was a response to the passing of the British Colonial Naval Defence Act of