Beer mats taken from Ted Morris' site www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/.  In addition to the valuable icons shown here, this web site gives some excellent and interesting short histories of numerous aspects of life in Diego Garcia, from many of its residents.  
   The lower right 'flag' is also from this highly recommended and amusing site, and is that of the Provisional Peoples Democratic Republic of Diego Garcia  (Ted Morris being, it seems, the President For Life in absentia.  Absentia in this case probably means exile).   The flag is derived from (it says) "Royal Navy White Ensign, divided by four blue stripes, representing the US Navy, US Air Force, Filipino and Mauritian contributions to the development of the Republic, overlaid with a death’s head representing the loss of hope for all who venture to the Republic, surmounted by a flower and ribbon bonnet, representing the tropical bequty of the Republic (apologies to the Grateful Dead) and a naval Cutlas, dripping with blood, representing the contribution of the citizens of the Republic to maintain world freedom by shedding the blood of our enemies (on several occasions to date)."  




