Product Description
Endura-Gloss is a silk-like fabric exclusive to Eder Flag Manufacturing Company, Inc.; measuring 4” x 6” and mounted on a black plastic staff with a gold spear topper. Every E-Gloss flag is brilliantly printed to each flag’s government specification. The edges of each flag are hemmed to keep the flags from fraying like most other handheld options on the market. These 4” x 6” flags are perfect to show your patriotism at work or home while it sits honorably on your desk. All of our E-Glosses are made here in the United States.
This E-Gloss Handheld features:
- Silk-Like Feel and Flowability
- Vibrant, Vivid Colors
- Black Plastic Staff
- Gold Spear Topper
- Printed Flag
- Hemmed Edges
- Table Bases Sold Separately
- Made in America
The Australian flag is based on the British maritime blue ensign, with the Union Jack in the canton, the only key differences are the addition of the seven-pointed “Commonwealth star” under the canton and the Southern Cross constellation on the fly. The constellation represented is made up of five stars, four seven-pointed stars with one five-pointed star under the left arm of the cross. The Southern Cross is one of the most distinctively visible constellations on the southern hemisphere, which is why it is used on several other national flags. While the intention of the Southern Cross was to represent Australia as a whole, Ivor Evans, one of the original designers of the flag, intended for the for the four larger stars in the constellation to represent the four morale virtues ascribed to Dante: justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude. When the flag was introduced in 1901 the Commonwealth star, under the canton, only featured a six-pointed star. In 1908, the seven-pointed Commonwealth star replaced the earlier six-pointed star; either to represent Papua and future territories or to match the Coat of Arms that was introduced in the same year. Some believe that the star is representative of Beta Centauri due its location near the Southern Cross and “relative” brightness to the other stars on the flag, but there is no evidence for this.
