Colony of Natal, 1875
The seal’s design on its flag was too complicated for a flag - two devices had to be sawn on it back to back to make the legends readable from both sides. On 23 August 1875, the device on the fly of the Natal Blue Ensign was simplified. It now had the Royal Crown above a gold “Chippendale”-type frame, with two gnus (wildebeest) running across a plain in front of mountains and the word “NATAL” below it.