In folklore, king of the elves or fairies and, according to the 13th-century French romance Huon of Bordeaux, an illegitimate son of Julius Caesar. Shakespeare used the character in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oberon's name was taken as the title of a masque by Ben Jonson in 1616, an epic by Christoph Wieland in 1780, and an opera by Weber in 1826.
Red stands for the warmth of the sun and of the population. Black represents fortitude and wealth. White symbolizes purity, hope, and the waves. Effective date: 31 August 1962.