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"Flags of Belgium" redirects here. For the current national flag of Belgium, see
Flag of Belgium .
Flags on a Flemish townhall with (left to right) the European, Belgian and Flemish Community flags
The royal standard of King Albert II
This is a list of flags used in Belgium
National Flag [ ]
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.
Ensign [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1831–present
Civil Ensign of Belgium
A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio.
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).
Yacht Ensign of Belgium
A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with the royal crown in canton.
Military [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1950–present
Flag of the Belgian Army
The Army badge, crowned, on a white field
Ensign of the Belgian Air Force
The Air Force 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.
Naval Jack of the Belgian Navy
A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio.
Pennant of the Belgian navy
Standard of the Admiral Benelux
Honorary flag of Bishops serving the Belgian Armed Forces.
Sub-national [ ] Regions and Communities [ ]
Flag
Administrative division
Adopted
Description
Brussels-Capital Region 2015
Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region
Flemish Community and the Flemish Region 1973
Flag of Flanders
French Community and Walloon Region 1991–present(French Community) (Walloon Region)
Flag of Wallonia
German-speaking community 1990
A banner of the community's arms.
Provinces [ ]
Flag
Administrative division
Adopted
Description
Antwerp 1997
East Flanders 1999
Flemish Brabant 1996
Hainaut
Liège
Limburg 1996
Luxembourg 2018
Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion[1]
Namur
Walloon Brabant 1995
Sable a lion Or armed and langued Gules chaped Or two roosters Gules.
West Flanders 1997
Prized in twelve pieces of Azure and Or, heart shield Gules
[ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
Flag of the Common Community Commission
Flag of the Flemish Community Commission
Flag of the French Community Commission
Municipalities [ ] Royal Standards [ ] Monarch [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1909–1934
Royal Standard of Albert I
A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner.
1934–1951
Royal Standard of Leopold III
A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner.
1951–1993
Royal Standard of Baudouin I
A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner.
1993–2013
Royal Standard of Albert II
A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner.
2013–present
Royal Standard of Philippe A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the King's cypher in each corner.
Royal Consort [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
2013–present
Royal Standard of the Queen Mathilde
A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the Consort's cypher in each corner.
1993–present
Royal Standard of the Queen Paola
A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the Consort's cypher in each corner.
1960–2014
Royal Standard of the Queen Fabiola
A square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms personalised with the Consort's cypher in each corner.
Historical [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
early 1400s[2]
Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor
An Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules
862–1797[3]
Flag of the County of Flanders
A yellow flag with a black lion in the center.
1183-1794[4]
Flag of the Duchy of Brabant
A golden lion on a black field.
1713-1740[5]
Flag of the Archduchy of Austria
A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest.
1781–1786[6]
Flag of the Austrian Netherlands
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria.
1789
Flag of the Brabant Revolution
A yellow field bordered with red and black triangles and the brabant lion in the center.
1789–1790
Flag of the Brabant Revolution
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow.
~1790s
Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège , but also of the Republic of Liège
A bicolour, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow.
1830
Flag of the revolutionary volunteers from Liège , led by Charles Rogier , during the Belgian Revolution
Bicolour of Liège, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow, with the superimposed slogan "Vanquish or Die for Brussels"
1830–1831
Flag of the Belgian Revolution
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red.
1858
Royal ensign
c. 1865
Fanion of the Belgian Legion during the French intervention in Mexico Tricolour of Mexican Empire , superimposed with the Belgian tricolour to top left.
1883-1920
Flag of Neutral Moresnet
A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue.
1940–1944
Flag of used in Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
War Ensign of Germany
1940–1945
Flag of Belgian Section of the Royal Air Force
1959-1973
Flag of the Minister of Defence of Belgium
Brussels [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1991–2015
Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region A yellow iris on a blue field.
Wallonia [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1913 (1991)–2010
First version of Flag of Wallonia
2010-2017
Second version of Flag of Wallonia
Colonial [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1908–1960
Flag of the Belgian Congo
A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star.
1936–1960[7]
Standard of the Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red, with a yellow star in the upper left canton on a blue field.
Vexillology Association flags [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
Flag of the Belgo-European Studies Center for Flags
Flag of the Belgium Vexillology Society
Political flags [ ] Yacht clubs of Belgium[ ]
Flag
Club
Bruxelles Royal Yacht Club
Koninklijke Brugse Zeil & Yachtclub
Koninklijke Liberty Yacht Club
Koninklijke Yacht Club Nieuwpoort
Royal Belgian Sailing Club
Royal North Sea Yacht Club
Royal Yacht Club Oostende
Royal Yacht Club van België
Koninklijke Antwerpse Watersportvereniging
Other [ ]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1957–present
Unofficial flag of Benelux A Dutch tricolour superimposed with a rampant lion and black square
1955–present
Flag of Europe A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field.
References [ ]
Lists of flags
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Other entities By design
By nations By continent Names in italics indicate non-sovereign (dependent) territories, disputed states and/or former countries.
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