Flag of Sark

Sark

Use	Flag of Sark[1][2]
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	1938 (as Seigneur's flag) 2020 (as Sark's flag)
Design	Argent, a Cross Gules, in the Canton two Lions passant guardant Or

The flag of Sark is white with a red St. George's cross and a red canton containing the two yellow lions (or in heraldic terms "Leopards") from the flag of Normandy. The flag was formally granted as the Flag of Sark in 2020.^[1][2]

The previous unofficial design by Herbert Pitt in 1938 and adopted the same year as the personal standard of the Seigneur of Sark before unofficially becoming the island's flag in 1987.^[3] The canton is similar to the arms of Normandy, of which the Channel Islands are historically a part. Unlike the classic White Ensigns, the lions of the flag of the Seigneur of Sark in the original grant protrude outside the canton and overflow the red cross.^[4][5] The grant to the island however, amended it so the lions did not protrude.^[2]

The flag is flown from the Ministry of Justice in London on 6 August to mark the granting of the fief on that day in 1565. The Ministry of Justice is the British government department responsible for relations with the Crown Dependencies.^[6][7]