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2. Flag of France - Wikipedia

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   [23] Joan's standard led to the prominent use of white on later French flags. [23] From the accession of the Bourbons to the throne of France, the green ensign of the navy became a plain white flag, the symbol of purity and royal authority. The merchant navy was assigned "the old flag of the nation of France", the white cross on a blue field. [24]

3. List of French flags - Wikipedia

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   Naval Flag of the Kingdom of France (Galley Ensign) 1790–1794: Naval ensign of Kingdom of France and French First Republic: A white flag with a bordered, first version of the French tricolore on the top-left honour quadrant 1638–1790 1814–1830: Naval ensign of Kingdom of France: A pure white flag: 1943–1945: Naval jack of Free France

4. French colonial flags - Wikipedia

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   The flags with the French flag in the canton, which on many occasions were already existing flags without the tricolour, resembled the British colonial flags, which originated as defacements of the British ensigns, which have the British Union Jack in the canton, and a red, white or blue fly.

5. National symbols of France - Wikipedia

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   The French flag is a tricolour that consists of three vertical stripes of equal width, coloured in royal blue, white, and red. It is the only official French emblem, according to article 2 of the current Constitution of France, adopted in 1958.

6. File:Flag of France (1814–1830).svg - Wikipedia

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   English: It was the Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of France (pure white version) as used before 1789, and between 1814/15 and 1830. Français : Le drapeau blanc fut le drapeau français pendant la Première Restauration et la Seconde Restauration (1814-1830).

7. French ensigns - Wikipedia

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   Since the white field was too royal for the taste of the revolution, on 27 pluviôse year II of the French Republican calendar (15 February 1794), the flag and the ensign were changed to the design of the current flag of France: three columns of equal width, of blue, white, and red. The same banner was again decreed to be the flag on 7 March 1848.