List of flags of French Indochina
The following is a list of flags of French Indochina from 18 February 1859 to 9 March 1945.[1][2]
Union flags[]
- Government
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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17 October 1887 to 9 March 1945 | State flag and civil ensign | A tricolour flag featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red (2:3). |
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1867 – 9 March 1945 | Flag of the governor colony | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red on swallow tail blue ensign (1:2). Influences: 
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1923–1945 | Civil and naval ensign of French Indochina | A vertical tricolour of blue, white and red on swallow tail yellow ensign. (proportions 1:2). Influences:  
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- Military
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1862 – 9 March 1945 | War flag | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 1:1). Influences:
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1923 – 9 March 1945 | Flag of Tirailleurs indochinois | French flag canton on a yellow field (1:1). Influences:  
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1867 – 9 March 1945 | Flag of Gendarmerie | Influences:
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Subjects[]
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1858–1885 | Diplomatic flag of Dainamese empire[3] | Yellow field with gold border (2:3). |
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1885–1890 | Provisional flag of Dainamese empire | National name centered on the yellow field (2:3). Influences:
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1923 – 9 March 1945 | Protectorate flag of Annam, Tonkin and Kouang-Tchéou-Wan | French flag canton on a yellow field (2:3). Influences:
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| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1885–1890 | Nguyễn dynasty by Cảnh Tôn | Standard of Dainamese emperor, beside, used as the [provisional] national flag. Influences:
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1890–1920 | Nguyễn dynasty from Thành Thái to Hoằng Tôn | A yellow field with a single red stripe. The flag of dragon and star, originally designed by Emperor Thành Thái.[4][5][6] Influences: 
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1920 – 8 May 1945 | Nguyễn dynasty from Hoằng Tôn to Bảo Đại | The flag of dragon and star, used as the [official] national flag in 1945. Influences: 
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| Personal standards of emporers | |||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1802–1945 | [Triangle] Personal standard of emperors of Nguyễn dynasty | The flag of yellow and dragon (黃龍旗 / Hoàng-long kì) or emperor (天子旗 / Thiên-tử kì). Flag ratio is 1:2. |
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1922–1945 | [Rectangle] Personal standard of emperors of Nguyễn dynasty (Hoằng Tôn and Bảo Đại) | Flag ratio is 2:3. Influences:  
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1802–1945 | Imperial pennon of Nguyễn dynasty | Flag ratio is 5:3. |
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1713–1947 | National and royal flag of Kingdom of Champasak | |
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1707–1893 | National and royal flag of Kingdom of Luang Phrabang | |
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1887–1945 | Protectorate flag of Kingdom of Laos | Influences: 
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1887–1975 | Royal standard of the Kingdom of Laos | Influences:
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| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1863–1948 | Protectorate flag from Norodom to Sihanouk | Similar flag to the present flag, but instead of 2 blue bands above and bottom, it was a dark blue banner and a small red banner inside. |
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1863–1993 | Royal and personal standard of the King | Red flag with a dark blue rectangle inside, with elements from the Royal Arms of Cambodia in gold. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1946 | Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina. | A yellow field with two yellow strips and three blue strips. |
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1946–1948 | Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina.[7] | A yellow field with two white strips and three blue strips. Influences: 
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Organizations[]
- Political organizations
Vietnam Restoration League (1912 - 1925)
Trotskyist League of Vietnam (1931 - 1946)
Vietnam National Restoration League (1939 - 1951)
League for the Independence of Vietnam (1941 - 1951)
Vietnam Revolutionary League (1942 - 1946)
- Political parties
Vietnamese Nationalist Party (1929 - 1945)
Communist Party of Indochina (1930 - now)
Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam (1939 - now)
- Religional organizations
Catholic Church in Vietnam (19th century - now)
Cao Đài (1926 - now)
(1927 - now)
Hòa Hảo (1939 - now)
Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam (? - now)
- Social organizations
Vietnamese Scout Association (1930 - now)
Enlightenment Association[8] (1939 - 1940)
- Illegal organizations
Kingdom of Sedang[9] (1888 - 1889)
Empire of Daihung (Đại Hùng Đế quốc, 大雄帝國) in 1917.[10] Five red round-stars centered on a yellow field with 4 black words Nam binh phục quốc (南兵復國) at the left
Republic of Vietnam (Việt Nam Dân Quốc, 越南民國), designed and used by Yenbay munity in 1930[11]
Nghetinh Soviets (1930 - 1931)
See also[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of French Indochina. |
- French colonial flags
- List of flags of Vietnam
- List of flags of Laos
- List of flags of Cambodia
- French possessions and colonies in Southeast Asia
References[]
- ^ Drapeux indochinoises
- ^ L'union indochinoise 1859–1954, résumé historique – drapeaux ci-dessous
- ^ L'illustration : journal universel. v.32 (July–Dec 1858) 1
- ^ Dang, Thanh Thuy Vo (2008). Anticommunism as cultural praxis: South Vietnam, War, and Refugee Memories in the Vietnamese American Community. San Diego, California. ISBN 9780549560173. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Vietnam". www.worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ The National Flag of Viet Nam: Its Origin and Legitimacy or in Vietbao.com Archived 13 May 2007 at the Wayback MachineArchived 12 May 2005(Date mismatch) at the Wayback MachineArchived 12 May 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Indomemoires (Memoires de l'Indochine) – LE DRAPEAU DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE AUTONOME DE COCHINCHINE 1946–1948. – 03/10/2016 – INDOMEMOIRES. Retrieved: July 10, 2021. (in French).
- ^ Phong trào Nhà Ánh Sáng của Tự Lực văn đoàn 1 2
- ^ Stamps of Sedang
- ^ Lá quốc kỳ Việt Nam đầu tiên đã tung bay ở Thái Nguyên năm 1917
- ^ 10 tháng 2 năm 2013 : 83 năm cuộc Khởi nghĩa Yên Bái bùng nổ
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