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Rotary International

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[Flag of Rotary International] by Ole Andersen, 11 September 1998

Image based on a flag flown outside a Copenhagen hotel one morning in 1998.
Ole Andersen, 10 July 2001

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Origin of the Flag

 The homepage of a local section of Rotary International includes information (in French) on the Rotary flag (original source: Rotary Press Center):

Rotary International officially adopted its flag during the 1992 Congress in Dallas (Texas).

The flag is made of a white field with the official wheel emblem in the middle. The four parts of the wheel rim are royal blue. The words ROTARY and INTERNATIONAL, in gold, are placed in the upper and lower parts of the rim, respectively. The wheel hub and cotter pin slot are white.

The first official flag of Rotary is said to have been displayed in Kansas City (Missouri) in January 1915. In 1922, admiral Richard Byrd, member of the Winchester Rotary Club, brought a small flag in his expedition to the South Pole. He did the same in 1926 when he went to the North Pole.

Some Rotary Clubs use the official flag as club pennant during their meetings. In such instances, it is allowed to add above the wheel ROTARY CLUB and below it the city, state or country name. The official flag is permanently displayed in the seat of Rotary and during congresses and official events sponsored by Rotary International.

The image shown on this page matches the official description but has a yellow border all around not mentioned above. Unfortunately, the site mentioned above does not show the flag.

Ivan Sache, 10 July 2001

I have spotted the Rotary flag with yellow border twice here in Oulu, Finland, most recently in spring 2001.

Ossi Raivio, 11 July 2001

Triband flag with different reverse

[Flag of Rotary International] by Luc Baronian

[Flag of Rotary International] by Rob Raeside

Seen in association with a Rotary conference at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, a blue-white-blue horizontal triband, with the Rotary emblem on it. During the two days I was there the wind was consistently blowing from one direction, and I got a very good look at this back of the flag, from which I drew the above image. A few days later Luc Baronian checked it out again - the front has the dark blue + yellow wheel with ROTARY INTERNATIONAL spelled out.
Rob Raeside, 10 February 2005

Some examples of local club bannerets

Gonfalone of the Rotary Club of Tirana, Albania

[Flag of Rotary Club, Tirana] from this site, 13 July 2001

Rotary Club of Antigua, Guatemala

[Flag of Rotary Antigua, Guatemala] located by Gordon White, 13 December 2004
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Rotary Club of Cotonou, Benin

[Flag of Rotary Cotonou, Benin] located by Gordon White, 13 December 2004.

Rotary Club of Kensington, UK

[Flag of Rotary Kensington, UK] located by Gordon White, 13 December 2004.

Rotary Club of Czech Republic

[Flag of Rotary Czech Republic] located by Gordon White, 13 December 2004.