Historical variants of the Chilean flag

Last modified: 2005-07-23 by antonio martins
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• Liberating Expedition to Peru (1820)
• Star on red
• Swapped stripes

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Liberating Expedition to Peru (1820)

Chilean flag apparently used by the Expedición Libertadora al Perú in 1820. This expedition was led by San Martin to obtain the independence of Peru. Navy commander of the expedition was the famous Lord Cochrane. This flag is a variant of the Chilean National Flag, but it has 3 stars in the canton, instead of the normal one. I do not know too many details about this flag, but the 3 stars are supposed to represent Chile, Argentina and Peru, because the Ejército Libertador (San Martin’s Army) was formed by people from the three countries. But I am not sure about this flag.
Francisco Gregoric, 24 Dec 2002

Star on red

The white 5-pointed star in lower red band flag used in 1820.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 Mar 2001

Its is know others variants (source David Prando [pdo99]): with star in center of the red stripe…
Jaume Ollé, 14 Mar 2001

Swapped stripes

The white 5-pointed star in blue square canton flag: source in 1848/1869.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 Mar 2001

Its is know others variants (source David Prando [pdo99]): …and with the order of stripes altered (red over white instead of white over red). Were in use c. 1820.
Jaume Ollé, 14 Mar 2001