The unidentified West African flag is a flag that was allegedly brought to Britain by Admiral F. W. Kennedy after the 1897 Benin expedition. The original flag is currently held by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich near London.
Little is known about the flag, and indeed it has no proper name. It is commonly referred to as the ‘Flag of the Benin Empire’ because it was found/recovered from territory under the Benin Empire’s control, even though it isn’t known whether the flag had any official usage or connection to the Empire’s central government.
