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U.S Virgin Islands - Danish West Indies (1798-1842)

Dansk i Vestindien

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blue ensign
by Chrystian Kretowicz, 7 Febuary 2003


blue pennant
by Chrystian Kretowicz, 7 Febuary 2003


white ensign
by Chrystian Kretowicz, 7 Febuary 2003



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According to Dr. Henning Henningsen (Flag Bulletin # 207, Sept-Oct 2002) there were distinctive flags flown by the Danish in West Indien (Dansk i Vestindien) Dr. Henningsen provides documentation of the usage of those flags in the period between 1798 and 1842 (at least). There were three flags: blue, white and blue pennant. Also, in 1914 the Coat-of-Arms was designed, but because of the World War I, it was never implemented. And in 1917, the little Danish paradise in the Caribbean was sold to the Americans, who promptly renamed it United States Virgin Islands.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 7 Febuary 2003

I would appeal for some caution here before proclaiming this set of flags to be ensigns and pennants of the Danish West Indies. It is by no means certain that all of them are connected with the Danish West Indies and there is great need to be specific about what kind of flags they were, or in other words what kind of function they had. Labelling the blue and white flag with the Dannebrog in canton as ensigns of the Danish West Indies may be interpreted to the effect that they were used ins