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Flag of the County of Flanders: A yellow flag with a black lion in the center. 900–1477 [2] Flag of the County of Hainaut: A yellow quartered banner with black and red lions. 1183–1794 [2] Flag of the Duchy of Brabant: A golden lion on a black field. 1482–1714 [2] Flag of Spanish Netherlands: A white flag with the cross of Burgundy. 1482 ...
Marie Abts-Ermens (10 April 1767 in Kortenberg – 11 September 1853 in Brussels) was a Belgian seamstress, best remembered for sewing together the first version of the Flag of Belgium on 26 August 1830. [1] [2] [3] On May 8, 1802, she married François Abts, a ribbon maker residing at the Grand-Place in Brussels, who was ten years younger than ...
The flag on the Belgian Federal Parliament building. As Belgium is a federal state, the flag of Belgium and the flags of the communities or regions in principle occupy the same rank. [1] Nonetheless, when flags are raised and lowered or carried in a procession, the national flag takes precedence over all the others. [1] The order of precedence ...
The 1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross (French: Croix Commémorative des Volontaires de 1830, Dutch: Herinneringskruis voor de Vrijwilligers van 1830) was a Belgian campaign medal established by royal decree on 20 April 1878 and awarded to all members of the Belgian Army and popular militias who served during the 1830-1831 Belgian Revolution who had not been awarded the Iron Cross.
1830 in Belgium; Belgian Revolution; Flag of Belgium; List of Belgian flags; List of constituent assemblies; List of flags of Luxembourg; List of oldest universities in continuous operation; List of revolutions and rebellions; List of shipwrecks in December 1830; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars involving Belgium; List of wars involving ...
Belgian flags. Pages in category "Flags of Belgium" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The first red-yellow-blue flag dates from 1834 but the colours themselves are thought to have had special significance from earlier times. The current layout dates since 1848. A vertical tricolour of bands of blue, yellow, and red of equal width and overall proportions of 2:3 (height-width). 1948 Romanian People's Republic: 1948–1952 1952–1965
The flag of the Flemish Community Commission is based on the former flag of the Brussels-Capital Region and the flag of Flanders. [3] Flag of the French Community Commission: Quartered 1. and 4. yellow with a red cock 2. and 3. blue with a yellow iris with a white border. The flag of the Flemish Community Commission is based on the former flag ...