Template:Country data Union of South Africa

Template documentation

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 (1928-1982).svg	Image name (File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).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 (1910–1928).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	{{flag country|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
• {{flag icon|Union of South Africa}} →
• {{flag country|Union of South Africa}} → South Africa

Using a flag variant

• {{flag|Union of South Africa|1910}} → Union of South Africa
• {{flag icon|Union of South Africa|1910}} →

Using a redirect alias

• {{flag icon|South African Union}} → Template:Country data South African Union
• {{flag country|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
• {{flag icon|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
• {{flag icon|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
• {{flag icon|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
• {{flag icon|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
• {{flag icon|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
• {{flag icon|Union of South Africa|army}} →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

• Template:Country data South AfricaSouth Africa
• Template:Country data South African RepublicSouth African Republic

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data Union of South Africa in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data Union of South Africa

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 "description": "This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flag icon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.",
 "params": {}

} </templatedata>

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