But the Red Ensign, a variation of which Canadian troops fought ... as far back as 2008, and photos showed group members decorated their apartments with the flag alongside a Nazi flag and a ...

Until the red and white "Maple Leaf flag" we all know was adopted, Canada used the Canadian Red Ensign, which features a Union Flag and the Coat of Arms of Canada. But most Canadians weren't happy ...

Rewind celebrates the Canadian flag with a look at its rocky inception and birth. Canadian Red Ensign Flag (Sotheby's Canada) Canada’s flag since before Confederation was the Red Ensign ...

Since May, the Bank of Canada has issued repeated denials over allegations that the flag is not the Canadian flag or that ... not an American flag, but the Red Ensign (which, although it was ...

Eventually, through the First and Second World Wars, the maple leaf was sported by many Canadian soldiers, stitched into their regimental badges and stamped on equipment. Until 1965, though, the ...

The Canadian Red Ensign has come back from the wilderness. The flag that flew for Canada during two world wars but that was supplanted in 1965 by the Maple Leaf has now gained official recognition ...

This earliest variation of the Canadian flag was the Canadian Red Ensign back in 1871.This flag includes the Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom, and Canada’s coat of arms.

A rare 1868 Canadian Red Ensign flag will hit the auction block this summer. Sotheby's Canada says the item will be in its June 2 sale of important Canadian art in Toronto. The auction house said ...

Unlike Canada’s original flag—the Canadian Red Ensign—the maple leaf tells no story of our country. The Red Ensign, by comparison, vividly embodies Canada’s rich history You can save this ...

The nation had to decide whether to hold onto its Red Ensign flag, which displayed the Union Jack, or to create something new, something Canadian. Then-prime minister Lester Pearson pushed for the ...

Over the course of the next century, the Red Ensign — a red flag with a Union Jack in the canton and the Canadian coat of arms in the fly — became the de facto (if unofficial) Canadian flag ...