Front:
OFT
ТАТА
EXAS
Flag and Great Seal of Texas.
Back:
RTISTIC
PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
FLAG AND GREAT SEAL OF TEXAS. The
flag of Texas shows a single star, from which the name "The
Lone Star State'' is derived; this was adopted to represent
isolation of the Commonwealth; the first flag, -of white with
a fifteen-pointed azure star, - was presented in 1835 to the
Georgia Battalion, then fighting for Texan liberty. The Seal
and Arms of the Republic showed a white star on a blue field,
surrounded by live oak and olive branches, and is in use by
the State to-day.
