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Vexillon Award for excellence in the promotion of vexillology in 1995 and 2015, the only recipient to have won it twice. He also published many articles and several books on heraldry and flags. He was also involved in the field of honours and awards.
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African Military Colours – 1664 to 26 April 1994 Part III Vol. 2 – Military Colours of the South African Defence Force 31 May 1961 to 26 April 1994 : Colours devised for the South African Air Force, Navy, Medical Service and the South African
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in heraldry, to symbolise the convergence of different cultures into one for the future South Africa. He later designed arms for the new provincial governments in South Africa. He was awarded the
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in 1965 and was awarded a Master of Arts degree (with distinction) from the same university in 1977 for a dissertation entitled "British
Immigration to South Africa 1946 – 1970".
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African Military Colours (1664 to 26 April 1994). Furthermore, in September 2015 he was awarded the degree of
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in 1957. He undertook his voluntary military service at the Air Force Gymnasium with 1 Motorboat Squadron (Air-Sea rescue) before going to
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He then joined the Department of National Education / later Arts, Culture, Science and Technology as Assistant State Herald in the
804:, in Flags in Southern Africa and the World, the Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Vexillology, Cape Town, 1997
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717:, in Optima, Vol. 32, 4, December 1984 (subsequently reprinted in The New Zealand Armiger, 18, December 1990)
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province in South Africa on 8 March 1940. He matriculated from St. Andrew's School in
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The evolution of a distinctive South African heraldic idiom, 1963–1996
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Brownell designed many coats of arms, badges and flags, including the
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William Harvey Medal of the South African Blood Transfusion Service
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Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
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He married Christine de Villiers, whom he met whilst at
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Flying with Pride: The Story of the South African Flag
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Kruger Gray's bookplate for South Africa House, London
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Fiat Lux Award by the family of St. Andrew's School (
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Heraldic adaptation in the Southern African context
753:, in Africana Society of Pretoria, Yearbook 8, 1990
817:, in Arma (New Series), Vol. 4, 1–2, December 1998
721:Finnish Influence on South African Heraldic Design
784:The design of the new South African national flag
711:, in Education and Culture, V, I, March/June 1982
190:(8 March 1940 – 10 May 2019) was a South African
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573:Consolidated index to the South African Armorial
517:National symbols of the Republic of South Africa
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283:in 1990. In 1993/1994, he designed the current
525:British Immigration to South Africa, 1946–1970
324:(D.Phil.) in the Faculty of Humanities at the
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347:Brownell was the recipient of the following:
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456:Southern African Vexillological Association
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411:Gold Commemorative Medallion of the
394:Prison's Service Establishment Medal
352:Order for Meritorious Service (OMSS)
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990:Brownell, Frederick (2015).
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454:Honorary Life Member of the
451:Emblem for Voluntary Service
328:for a dissertation entitled
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379:John Chard Decoration (JCD)
358:Southern Cross Medal (1975)
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364:Military Merit Medal (MMM)
252:, on 29 September 1962 in
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343:Awards and Commendations
205:He designed the flag of
1078:Beckett, Denis (2002).
1042:"SA flag designer dies"
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322:Doctorate of Philosophy
225:, in what was then the
143:Designing the flags of
1200:South African heraldry
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427:Vexillon Award of the
326:University of Pretoria
126:University of Pretoria
424:Literary Prize (1990)
369:General Service Medal
308:Final years and death
221:Brownell was born in
217:Family and early life
599:, Vols. 1 – 4 (2000)
387:Police Star of Merit
843:South Africa portal
757:Symbols for Namibia
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879:Bureau of Heraldry
777:Brenthurst Library
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590:Bureau of Heraldry
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581:Bureau of Heraldry
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285:South African flag
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