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image by Jack Dewison, 8 November 2017
The “Sheffield University Speleological Society” has a flag!
Jason Best,
25 July 2016
The flag is divided diagonally from upper hoist to lower fly, gold over [black],
with a countercharged bend sinister. Centered on the field is the logo of the
Society, I believe fimbriated white. The logo shows a globe with land masses in
[black] and water in white, with the [black] figure of a person descending into a cave
with rappelling gear.
Randy Young, 25 July 2016
The colour scheme of the University is "Black and Gold" so I chose those
colours for the tincture. There is little history behind the flag itself, I
proposed several designs and this one was the most popular, beyond the club logo
and colours there wasn't much reasoning behind the diagonal division and such,
it was just an aesthetic choice that I hadn't seen used on many other flags. I
was quite surprised to find out that our flag was oddly similar to the flag of
Anarcho-capitalism - rest assured that SUSS does not
necessarily hold the same values as anarcho-capitalists due to this!
Jack
Dewison, 8 November 2017
image by Jack Dewison, 8 November 2017
A photo provided to us
earlier was
taken on a 2016 Summer Expedition to the Pester Plateau in Serbia, a plateau
upon which we planted the flag using, as you quite rightly say; a tree branch!
This photo shows the flag with a distinct bluish tone.
If you update the website please
mention/retain the mistake, I feel it forms part of the history of the flag now
and it would be a shame to wash over it!
Jack Dewison, 8 November 2017