List of Belgian flags

"The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours " - article 193 of the Belgian constition

This is a list of flags used in Belgium.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1831-present	Flag of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 13:15 ratio. Technically the national flag, but rarely seen in the officially approved dimensions.
	1831-present	Constitutional flag of Belgium	The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours - article 193

Date	Use	Description
1831–present	Civil ensign of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
1831–present	Horizontal flag of Belgium	A horizontal tricolour of black, yellow, and red
1950–present	State ensign of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant ensigned by a crown, both sable (black), the lion armed and langued gules (red).

Date	Use	Description
1950–present	Flag of the Belgian Army	The Army badge, crowned, on a white field
	Ensign of the Belgian Air Component	The Air Component badge and roundel on a blue field.
	Naval ensign of the Belgian Navy	A yellow saltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by a fouled anchor.
	Flag of the Armed Forces Bishop of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a purple (Christian) cross in the middle
1959 - 1973	Flag of the Minister of Defence of Belgium	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow,with the Belgian Naval ensign in the top left corner
1957–present	Standard of the Admiral Benelux

Date	Use	Description
1950–present	Naval ensign of the Belgian Navy	A yellow saltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by a fouled anchor.
	The Belgian Naval Auxiliary Ensign or the flag of Sovereignty ship under Belgian command^[1]	A blue background with the Belgian Naval ensign in the top left corner and on the right middle a white fouled anchor with a crown on top
	Belgian pleasure boats often hoist the "European civil ensign".^[2]	the European Union flag with the Belgian civil ensign in canton, with a white fimbriation.
	The civil ensign, bearing a black lion, is flown by non-naval ships with a crew partly from the Naval Reserve.^[3]	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant, sable (black), armed and langued gules (red).
	The flag hoisted by Belgian yachts registered in yachting associations approved by the Minister, also calle the "Belgian yacht ensign"	three stripes placed vertically, black, yellow and red, of equal width; the black stripe is placed at hoist charged with a yellow Royal crown in the upper third of the black stripe
	Naval jack of the Belgian Navy	A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
	Pennant of the Belgian Navy	rectangular black-yellow-red pennant with split fly
1895–Present	Compagnie Maritime Belge
1871–1935	Red Star Line
1957–present	Standard of the Admiral Benelux

	Adopted	Description
Brussels-Capital Region	2015	Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region
Dutch Community and the Flemish Region	1973	Flag of Flemish region
French Community and Walloon Region	1991–present (French Community) 1998–present (Walloon Region)	Flag of the Walloon region
German-speaking community	1990	Flag of the German-speaking Community of Belgium

List of Belgian flags

National flag

Ensign

Military

Navy

Sub-national

Regions and communities

Provinces

Brussels

Community commissions in Brussels

Municipalities

Royal standards

Monarch

Historical flags

Colonial

Flags used during war(s)

Political flags

Other

References

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	Adopted	Description
West Flanders	1997
East Flanders	1999
Antwerp	1997
Limburg	1996
Flemish Brabant	1996
Walloon Brabant	1995	Flag and coat of arms of Walloon Brabant
Hainaut
Namur
Liège
Luxembourg	2018	Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion^[4]

Flag	Date	Use
		The Belgian flag with the royal crown
	1831–1865	Royal standard of Leopold I
	1865–1909	Leopold II
	1909–1934	Albert I
	1934–1951	Leopold III
	1951–1993	Baudouin I
	1993–2013	Albert II
	2013–present	Philippe

Date	Use	Description
1789-1790 (Brabantian rev.) 1830-1831 (Belgian rev.)	The early revolutionary variatiant of the Belgian tricolour during the Belgian revolution and Brabantian revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
1830-1831	The early revolutionary variatiant of the Belgian tricolour during the Belgian revolution	A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow and black.
1830-1831	Flag of the Liege Volunteers during the Belgian revolution	The flag of the Prince Bishopric of liege with a text that states: Vaincre ou Mourir pour Bruxelles (Win or Die for Brussels/Belgium)
1865	Fanion of the Belgian Legion during the French intervention in Mexico	Tricolour of the Mexican Empire with the Belgian tricolour to top left.
1914-1948	German occupation flag of belgium	A horizontal tricolour of black, white, and red with the coat of arms of the German occupation of Belgium
1914-1918	Flag of the First Regiment of the Line durin the First world war	A vertical tricolour of red, yellow, and black and a text stating: Veldtoch 1914-1919 Antwerpen, Ijzer, Diksmuide, Balgerhoek
1940-1945	Flag of the Belgian Resitance during the second world war	A horizontal tricolour of black, yellow, and red with the logo of the Belgian resistance in the centre
190-1944	Flag of Nazi-occupied Belgium and Northern France
1940-1945	Ensign of the Belgian Section of the Royal Air Force (world war two)
1941 - 1942	Rexist Black Flag for the Walloon Volunteers (world war two)	A black background with the Burgundian cross in the centre
1942 - 1945	Walloon Legion, 3rd company (world war two)
1941 - 1944	Flag of the Flemish (SS) Legion (world war two)	Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules

Flag	Date	Use	Description
flag of political parties
	2021–present	Flag of Vooruit
	1999–present	Flag of the Nation
	1979–2021^[8]	Flag of the PTB–PVDA (Workers' Party of Belgium)
	1978–present	Flag of the Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party)
	2004 - present	Flag of Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest)
	1978–2004	Flag of the Vlaams Blok (Flemish block)
	1973–1978	Flag of the Belgian Socialist Party	A red background with a fist holding a red rose
	1949–1983	Flag of the Order of Flemish Militants	Red odal on black background.
	1935–1945	Flag of the Rexist Party
	1933–1944	Flag of the Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond
	1931–1941	Flag of the Verdinaso
Independence or unification flags
	2004 - present	Flag of the Greater Netherlands movement	a horizontal tricolour of Orange, white, and blue
	1832 - present	Flag of Rattachism	The French flag with a Red Gallic Rooster in the centre.
	1954 - present	Flemish strijdvlag (battle flag) flag of the Flemish independence movements	A lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, five mullets sabel in orle
	1940 - present	Flag of the Wallonie Libre^[9]	Red rooster on a yellow background with on the top a text that states "Wallonie Libre" (Wallonian liberation)