Historic Description of the Flag
The original flag design, based upon the Ancient Arms of Nova Scotia, granted by King Charles I in 1625, is on a ground of silver with a saltire azure - a blue St. Andrew's cross. The Royal Arms of Scotland are arranged as an escutcheon (within a shield shape) upon the St. Andrew's cross - gold with red lion rampant with blue tongue and claws (armed and langued azure). The lion is within a double border of red. The border contains eight fleur-de-lis - one on each corner and one between each corner - each depicted top or bottom from each border starting with upper left corner up, next down, right corner up, etc., but not spanning across the borders. The breadth of the flag is three-quarters of the length.
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