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image by Graham Bertram and Željko Heimer, 18 Oct 2001
According to the first of
these
three videos, made by PALS (Presentation Association for Life and Service)
of PBC, at 06:10, the flag was assigned on December 6, 1973, the same day as
the Coat of Arms. It was chosen by a Subcommittee of the
Grenada Independence Celebrations Committee. It was designed by artist Anthony
C. George (Source:
Wikipedia).
Esteban Rivera, 06 Apr 2011
There is a nutmeg in the hoist — nutmeg is a big crop there.
The seven stars stand for the seven parishes.
Roy Stilling and David Kendall, 01 Oct 1996
The nutmeg kernel is red rather than black.
Graham Bartram, 04 Nov 1998
The yellow star on a red disc stands for the Borough of St
George’s, Grenada’s capital, and the other six stars stand for
the remaining six parishes [St. Andrew, St. David, St. John,
St. Mark, St. Patrick, and the Grenadines]. In the official
interpretation, the red stands for courage and vitality, the
yellow for wisdom and warmth, and the green for vegetation and
agriculture.
Ivan Sache, 31 Jan 2000, quoting from
[rya97]
The Grenadines consist of two groups, the Northern and the Southern
Grenadines; the latter belong to Grenada, among which are Carriacou,
Petite Martinique, Diamond Island, Ronde Island, Les Tantes, Caille Island, London Bridge island, The Sisters, Green
Island, Bird Island. In
total there are c. 600 Grenadines. 34,5 sq. km. belong to Grenada; 45,3
sq. km. to St. Vincent.
(source: Fischer Weltalmanach 2000)
Jarig Bakker, 03 Feb 2000
The protocol manual for the
London 2012 Olympics
(Flags and Anthems Manual
London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations
for national flag designs. Each
NOC
was sent an image of the flag, including the
PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced
a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may
not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what
the NOC
believed the flag to be.
For Grenada: PMS 032 red, 109 yellow, 355 green. The vertical flag is simply the
horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012
image by Graham Bertram and Željko Heimer, 18 Oct 2001
The Album 2000 [pay00] says 
3:5 and give these values.
Željko Heimer, 18 Oct 2001
Is the ratio (border width):(flag height) really different on each flag?
Santiago Dotor, 19 Oct 2001
According to the first of
these
three videos, made by PALS (Presentation Association for Life and Service)
of PBC, at 01:50, the Coat of Arms was granted by [British] Royal Warrant, December 6,
1973. (Sources are mainly Wikipedia and FOTW.)
Esteban Rivera, 06 Apr 2011
image by Hemendra Bhola, 15 Jan 2011
According to
this site,
the central portion of the Royal Grenadian Police badge is exactly
the same as the colonial badge…
right down to the badge and web site having the same motto.
Paige Herring, 22 Nov 2003
According to [cos98], then in 1983
the People’s Revolutionary Air Wing was formed but was dissolved this
year following the American invasion. No markings were used. Since then
Grenada doesn't have an air force of any kind.
Dov Gutterman, 16 Jun 2004
red pierced black
image by Antonio Martins, 15 Aug 1999
red pennant
image by Antonio Martins, 15 Aug 1999
According to the WMO book [c9h07] (online), Grenada uses a signal flag set closely resembling US use:
To recall, US use (no longer official) is described
here.
Jan Mertens, 09 November 20078
