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Tartan Details - European Union

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "European Union" tartan is shown below.


STA ref:	2486
STWR ref:	2486
Designer:	Chalmers, William D.
Tartan date:	27/02/1998
Registration date:	This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Category:	Fashion
Restrictions:
Registration notes:	The tartan was designed by William Chalmers of Kilsyth in Scotland. The cloth is an authentic Scottish Tartan for all Europeans & originally registered with the Scottish Tartans Society, the United Kingdom Patent Office, the President of the European Union and the Commissioners in Brussels. The Tartan Squares are worked round the twelve stars on the European Union Flag, designed by Mr Paul Levy, the Council of Europe's Director of information in the early 1950s. The tartan is made up of the colours on the flag of the European Union, running through the tartan is a small red line, this commemorates the blood spilt on our Continent since recorded history, the white line is slightly larger and represents peace on the Continent of Europe and the world.

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Where tartans were recorded before the establishment of the Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) on 5 February 2009, the original Scottish Tartans Authority (STA) and the Scottish Tartans World Register (STWR) reference numbers have been retained. The new SRT reference number can be found in the address box on your browser (url).

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