Template:Country data Union of South Africa

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Template:Country data Union of South Africa is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Union of South Africa`	Main article name (Union of South Africa)
`shortname alias`	`South Africa`	(optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if `alias` is a disambiguated article name, for example
`flag alias`	`Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg`	Image name (File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1910`		`Red Ensign of South Africa (1910–1912).svg`
`1912`		`Red Ensign of South Africa (1912–1951).svg`
`1910blue`		`Blue Ensign of South Africa (1910–1912).svg`
`naval-1922`		`Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg`
`naval-1946`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1946–1951).svg`
`naval`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952–1959).svg`
`marines`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952–1959).svg`
`military`		`Ensign of the South African Defence Force (1947–1981).svg`
`navy`		`Naval Ensign of South Africa (1952–1959).svg`
`air force`		`Air Force Ensign of South Africa (1958–1967, 1970–1981).svg`
`army`		`Flag of the South African Army (1951–1966).png`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flagcountry\|alias}}` output
`South African Union` (view)	Template:Country data South African Union	Template:Country data South African Union

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Union of South Africa}} → Union of South Africa
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa}} →
{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa}} → South Africa

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Union of South Africa|1910}} → Union of South Africa
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa|1910}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flagicon|South African Union}} → Template:Country data South African Union
{{flagcountry|South African Union}} → Template:Country data South African Union
{{flag|South African Union}} → Template:Country data South African Union

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

{{naval|Union of South Africa}} → South African Navy
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa|naval}} →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|Union of South Africa}} → South African Air Force
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa|air force}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Marines:

{{marines|Union of South Africa}} → South African Corps of Marines
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa|marines}} →

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|Union of South Africa}} → South African Defence Force
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa|military}} →

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|Union of South Africa}} → South African Navy
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa|navy}} →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Union of South Africa}} → South African Army
{{flagicon|Union of South Africa|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

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