When was the lebanese flag made

The flags are a triangular version of the national flag, with the cedar slightly skewed to the hoist. The flags are attached to a metallic staff with an arrow-head as finial. From the scale of the picture, my guess is that these flags are lance pennants, or pennants attached to something similar to a lance.

Home B! Flag and coat-of-arms adopted 7th December The Lebanese Constitution article prescribing the flag says:. Part I — Fundamental Provisions. Chapter I — The State and its Territory.

Vertical Flag. Lance Pennant. French newspaper Courrier International, in its Summer Supplement sold with , 1. Share this. The flag was a design of Henri Pharaon, a member of parliament at the time.

They adopted the flag on December 7th, in a parliamentary meeting where they modified Article 5 of the Lebanese constitution. Article 5 describes the rules of manufacture for the flag.

It should have three horizontal stripes with the white between the red stripes. The width of the white stripe should be twice the size of the others. The flag should also have a cedar occupying the white stripe and touching the red bands from the inside.

Colour White represents snow and is a symbol of peace and purity. The country has had to endure many invaders over time, and the two red stripes symbolize bloodshed during this time to preserve the country from invaders.

The Mountains of Lebanon Cedar inspired the cedar tree. Cedars are a common tree in Lebanon and it features centrally on the flag. It symbolizes eternity, holiness, peace, and longevity. The cedar of Lebanon has original biblical references and appears seventy-seven times. Some of these references include:.

French writer, poet, and politician, Alphonse de Lamartine marveled at the cedars during a visit with his daughter. We need, as the cedar, to rock its unity. The cedar tree holds great significance in Lebanon. The Lebanon Coat of Arms also features a cedar tree on a white bend that is between the red stripes running from the upper corner of the shield to the lower corner.

Shape According to Article 5 of the Lebanese constitution, the flag of Lebanon should consist of three horizontal stripes, two red stripes at the top and bottom with a white stripe at the center. In a plain black flag was adopted under the control of the Abbasid Caliphate. Part of Lebanon was part of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from and had a flag made of a white field with a large gold cross and three smaller crosses.

The flag was a white-red diagonal bicolour with laurel wreath. In the Ayyubid Dynasty had some control adopting a plain yellow field. The Mamluk Sultanate had control of the area from and used a flag featuring a Egyptian yellow field with left facing crescent moon. From the flag of the Chehab Empire adopted a plain blue field with right facing crescent moon.

The Ottoman Empire ruled Lebanon between and The flag features a red field with white crescent moon and five-pointed star. After the fall of the Lebanon Empire there was a new flag adopted featuring a white field with a green Lebanon Cedar tree in the centre. In the French took control of Lebanon.

They adopted three flags featuring a blue, white, red vertical tricolour with a green cedar tree, one with a black cedar tree and one with green leaves and a brown stem. In Lebanon gained independence and adopted a flag made up of a white field with two horizontal red stripes at the top and bottom with a green cedar tree in the centre.

The red represent the blood shed and white represents purity and peace. The cedar represents the bible. The Coat of Arms of Lebanon was a shield made up of a red-white-red horizontal field with the cedar tree at the centre. The Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces is a white-red diagonal bicolour with coat of arms featuring crossed swords, cedar, anchor and wings in the centre.

The First Flag of the Lebanese Army is a red-white-red horizontal triband flag with cedar tree in the centre. It features a sky blue field with a map of the world inside two laurel branches.