Belgium Last modified: by ivan sache
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by Flag adopted 23 January 1831, coat of arms adopted 17 May 1837
Proportions:
Description: Vertically divided black-yellow-red.
Use: on land , civil and state flag. Colour approximate specifications (as given in Album des Pavillons National anthem See also: - Belgium: Index of all related pages
Origin of the flag Colours The colours of the Belgian flag were taken from the arms of Brabant , a province in the Low Countries (the Netherlands + Belgium), which extended from the Walloon province of Walloon Brabant , over Flemish Brabant (and Brussels ) and Antwerpen in Flanders , and in the Netherlands the province of North-Brabant . The arms of Brabant show on a black field a yellow lion facing the viewer's left, with a red tongue and nails were red. The heraldic description (blazon) of these arms is: Sable a lion rampant or armed and langued gules The lion of Brabanr features on the arms of the Belgian kingdom and the provincial arms of Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant , as well as on the arms of the Dutch province of North-Brabant Filip Van Laenen , 29 October 1997 Proportions The Belgian flag has odd proportions of , pp. 142-145 in | |
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