France: Colonial flags

Last modified: 2002-01-18 by ivan sache
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• Colonial governor-general (gouverneur général)
• Colonial governor (gouverneur)
• French Community of States (Communauté)

See also:

• France
• Former colonial possessions overseas
• Registration flags for merchant ships (1814-1929)
• Francophonie

Colonial governor-general (gouverneur-général)

by Pierre Gay

"The flag of the French governors of Colonies consists of a blue field with a canton of white and red in the quarter next to the flag staff, a blue stripe as wide as the red and the white stripe separating the canton from the staff. This flag is flown below the national ensign." This would presumable be the flag flying over the vast tracts of Africa owned by the French.

Josh Fruhlinger 15 February 1996

Flaggenbuch [neu92] gives us a slightly different French colonial governors' flag in 1939: blue square with square French ensign (blue 30%, white 33%, red 37%) in canton. In my humble opinion, this seems more realistic: today's flag of the Secretary of State for the Overseas has derived from the former French colonial governors' flag, and is of 1:1 ratio.

Pierre Gay, 30 Septe