Union Jack Union Jack. The Basque Country's flag, the Ikurriña, is also loosely based on the Union Jack, reflecting the significant commercial ties between Bilbao and Britain at the time the Ikurriña was designed in 1894. The Miskito people sometimes use a similar flag that also incorporates the Union Jack in its canton, due to long periods of contact in the Mosquito Coast. The Union Jack was used by the United States in its first flag, the Grand Union Flag. This flag was of a similar design to the one used by the British East India Company. Hawaii, a state of the
Flag of the Nieuwe Republiek so that the horizontal bands were red, white and green, and the vertical bar was blue. The Volksraad resolution specified that a small Union Jack should be placed on the blue, a small ZAR 'Vierkleur' on the red, a small Orange Free State flag on the white, and a small Cape Colony flag on the green. However, this was not done. Flag of the Nieuwe Republiek The flag of the Nieuwe Republiek was the official flag of this short-lived South African state from 1884 to 1888. The Nieuwe Republiek ('New Republic') was established in north-western Zululand by a few hundred