Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Britannia / Union Jack


Description: The back and box of this deck features what looks like The Union Jack.  I was very worried about making sure that I got the deck rotated the right way so The Union Jack was displayed correctly.  It's very common to get it wrong, and a great offense when you do. And it would be an embarrassment to my British heritage to do so.

So I looked it up online, and this website says that to display the union jack correctly, it should be flown as so:

Notice in the upper left hand corner near the mast, the read line is below the wider white line. Not like this:


Here, the red line is above the wider white line.

But on this deck, there's no way to orient it so the red line is below the wider white line.  If you take a good look at the proper way to fly the flag, you'll notice that on the left, both red lines are below the wider white line, and on the right, both red lines are above the wider white lines.  Let's turn the deck on its side.


Notice how on the top, the red line is above the wider white line on both the left and the right, and on the bottom, the red line is below the white line on both the left and the right?

THIS IS NOT THE UNION JACK!

Number of decks: 1

Open?: No -- The box is open, but the cards are sealed.