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Banner o Luxembourg
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The banner o Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Fändel, German: Flagge Luxemburgs, French: Drapeau du Luxembourg) consists o three horizontal stripes, red, white an blue, an can be in 1:2 or 3:5 ratio. It wis first uised atween 1845 an 1848 an offeecially adoptit on Juin 23, 1972. Luxembourg haed nae banner till 1830, when patriots wur urged tae display the naitional colors. The banner wis defined as a horizontal tricolor o reid, white, an blue in 1848, but it wis no offeecially adoptit till 1972. The tricolor banner is amaist identical tae that o the Netherlands, except that it is langer an its blue stripe is a lichter shade. The reid, white, an blue colorin wis derived frae the Grand Duke's coat o airms, which dates frae the 13t century.
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