List of Lebanese flags explained

This is the list of flags, banners and vexilloids related to Lebanon for further information, see the Flag of Lebanon.

National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1995 – Today Flag of Lebanon A horizontal triband of red, white (double height) and red; charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree.
Flag of Lebanon (vertical)

Military flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1949 – today a blue field with the air force's emblem in the center.
1991 – today Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (front) the Lebanese tricolor with 4 laurels in each corner and an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[1]
1991 – today Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces (back) a diagonal bicolor of White and red.
1945 – 1991 Flag of the Lebanese Armed Forces the Lebanese tricolor with an Arabic script in both sides of the tree.[2]
1984 – today A blue field with the guard's emblem in the center.[3]
1916 – 1920 a White field with a red saltire that extends to the corners of the field and a black tree in the center.[4]
1950 – today A White field with the navy's emblem in the center.
1950 – today Naval Jack of Lebanon the Lebanese tricolor with 2 vertical White bands, each with a red anchor.

Political flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2005 – 2016 A red field with a white fist holding a laurel in the center.
1890 – today A red field with the emblem in the center.
1936 – today A ehite field with the tree emblem in the center.
1957 – today A black field with the emblem in the center.[5]
1974 – today A green field with the emblem in the center.
1953 – today A horizontal triband of black, white and green with a red triangle based on the hoist side.
1994 – today An orange field with the emblem in the center.
1995 – today A blue field with a 7 pointed sun base don the hoist side.
1964 – today A red field with a white band and the communist symbol in the canton and the green tree inside the white band.
2001 – today A vertical bicolor of white and red with the map of the country in green in the center.
1973 – today a horizontal triband of red, green and red with the emblem in the center of the green band.
1949 – today a red field with the emblem in the center.
1932 – today A black field with the emblem in the center.
1960 – today A red field with the emblem in the center.
1960 – today a vertical triband of black, White and red with a green in the center of the White band.
1985 – today The flag depicts a stylized representation of the Arabic words حزب الله (ḥizbu-llāh, meaning "Party of Allah") in Kufic script.

Municipality and district flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1943 – today A red field with a green cross.[6]
1943 – today A White field with the municipality's arms in the center.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني شرف، تضحية، وفاء . 2024-03-04 . www.lebarmy.gov.lb.
  2. Web site: Army (Lebanon) . 2024-03-04 . www.crwflags.com.
  3. Web site: BRIGADE DE LA GARDE REPUBLICAINE الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني . 2024-03-04 . www.lebarmy.gov.lb.
  4. Web site: Army (Lebanon) - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Flaggenshop Fahnenshop Versand kaufen bestellen . 2024-03-04 . www.fahnenversand.de.
  5. https://www.dostor.org/773210
  6. Web site: Municipality of Deir el Qamar (Chouf District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon) . 2024-03-04 . www.crwflags.com.