Flag of Siam (White Elephant)

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  "ns": "thailand-hist",
  "name": "Siam White Elephant",
  "now": "thailand",
  "years": "1855–1916",
  "id": "th-siam-elephant",
  "index": "c/thailand:1855",
  "title": "Flag of Siam (White Elephant)",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#a51931",
      "cmyk": "0/85/70/35"
    },
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "cmyk": "0/0/0/0"
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Kingdom of Siam (1855–1916) used a red field with a white elephant in the centre — one of the most distinctive historical flags of Southeast Asia\n - **Construction:** a red field bearing a white elephant in profile, facing the hoist\n - Used as the national flag of Siam before the adoption of the current tricolour in 1917",
  "flag": "thailand-hist/th-siam-elephant.svg",
  "of": {
    "country": "thailand"
  },
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Thailand",
    "officialName": "Kingdom of Siam",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "cs": "thailand-hist/th-siam-elephant.cs.svg",
  "trivia": "- Thailand (formerly Siam) used the white elephant symbol historically\n - The elephant represented royal power and Buddhist sacred traditions\n - Still used in Thai royal symbolism and heraldry",
  "article": "thailand-hist/th-siam-elephant.md",
  "_name": "Siam White Elephant",
  "_namespace": "thailand-hist",
  "_namePart": "th-siam-elephant"
}