# List of Belgian flags

"The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours " - article 193 of the Belgian constition
This is a list of flags used in Belgium.

## National flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1831-present | Flag of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 13:15 ratio. Technically the national flag, but rarely seen in the officially approved dimensions. |
| | 1831-present | Constitutional flag of Belgium | The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours - article 193 |

### Ensign

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1831–present | Civil ensign of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 2:3 ratio. |
| 1831–present | Horizontal flag of Belgium | A horizontal tricolour of black, yellow, and red |
| 1950–present | State ensign of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant ensigned by a crown, both sable (black), the lion armed and langued gules (red). |

### Military

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1950–present | Flag of the Belgian Army | The Army badge, crowned, on a white field |
| 1950–present | Ensign of the Belgian Air Component | The Air Component badge and roundel on a blue field. |
| 1950–present | Naval ensign of the Belgian Navy | A yellow saltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by a fouled anchor. |
| 1950–present | Flag of the Armed Forces Bishop of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a purple (Christian) cross in the middle |
| 1959 - 1973 | Flag of the Minister of Defence of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow,with the Belgian Naval ensign in the top left corner |
| 1957–present | Standard of the Admiral Benelux | |

### Navy

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1950–present | Naval ensign of the Belgian Navy | A yellow saltire on a white field, bordered above and below in red and to the left and right in black, charged on the top with a crown above crossed cannons and on the bottom by a fouled anchor. |
| 1950–present | The Belgian Naval Auxiliary Ensign or the flag of Sovereignty ship under Belgian command | A blue background with the Belgian Naval ensign in the top left corner and on the right middle a white fouled anchor with a crown on top |
| 1950–present | Belgian pleasure boats often hoist the "European civil ensign". | the European Union flag with the Belgian civil ensign in canton, with a white fimbriation. |
| 1950–present | The civil ensign, bearing a black lion, is flown by non-naval ships with a crew partly from the Naval Reserve. | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red defaced by a lion rampant, sable (black), armed and langued gules (red). |
| 1950–present | The flag hoisted by Belgian yachts registered in yachting associations approved by the Minister, also calle the "Belgian yacht ensign" | three stripes placed vertically, black, yellow and red, of equal width; the black stripe is placed at hoist charged with a yellow Royal crown in the upper third of the black stripe |
| 1950–present | Naval jack of the Belgian Navy | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red with a 1:1 ratio. |
| 1950–present | Pennant of the Belgian Navy | rectangular black-yellow-red pennant with split fly |
| 1895–Present | Compagnie Maritime Belge | |
| 1871–1935 | Red Star Line | |
| 1957–present | Standard of the Admiral Benelux | |

## Sub-national
### Regions and communities

| Administrative division | Adopted | Description |
| Brussels-Capital Region | 2015 | Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region |
| Dutch Community and the Flemish Region | 1973 | Flag of Flemish region |
| French Community and Walloon Region | 1991–present (French Community) 1998–present (Walloon Region) | Flag of the Walloon region |
| German-speaking community | 1990 | Flag of the German-speaking Community of Belgium |

### Provinces

| Administrative division | Adopted | Description |
| West Flanders | 1997 | |
| East Flanders | 1999 | |
| Antwerp | 1997 | |
| Limburg | 1996 | |
| Flemish Brabant | 1996 | |
| Walloon Brabant | 1995 | Flag and coat of arms of Walloon Brabant |
| Hainaut | | |
| Namur | | |
| Liège | | |
| Luxembourg | 2018 | Azure and white horizontal stripes with the crowned red lion |

### Brussels

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1991–2015 | First version of Flag of Brussels-Capital Region | A blue field with a yellow iris with a white border on top. |
| 2015 - present | Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region | |
| 1930 - present | Flag of Brussels (city) | |

### Community commissions in Brussels

* Use
* Flag of the Common Community Commission
* Flag of the Flemish Community Commission
* Flag of the French Community Commission

### Municipalities
## Royal standards
### Monarch

Each royal standard for a monarch is a square rouge ponceau banner of the royal arms, personalised with the king's cypher in each corner.
| Date | Use |
| | The Belgian flag with the royal crown |
| 1831–1865 | Royal standard of Leopold I |
| 1865–1909 | Leopold II |
| 1909–1934 | Albert I |
| 1934–1951 | Leopold III |
| 1951–1993 | Baudouin I |
| 1993–2013 | Albert II |
| 2013–present | Philippe |

## Historical flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 800-888 | Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne | A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers. |
| 862–1797 | Flag of the County of Flanders | A yellow flag with a black lion in the center. "Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules" |
| 900–1477 | Flag of the County of Hainaut | A yellow quartered banner with two black and two red lions. |
| 980 - 1790 | Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, also of the Republic of Liège | A bicolour, with two equal vertical bands of red and yellow. |
| 1183–1794 | Flag of the Duchy of Brabant | A golden lion on a black field. |
| 1188–1192 | Flag of Belgium during the third Crusade | A white background with a green cross |
| 1482–1714 | Flag of Spanish Netherlands | A white flag with the cross of Burgundy. |
| 1482–1714 | Civil Ensign of Spanish Netherlands | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and yellow, with the Cross of Burgundy in the centre. |
| 1781 – 1786 | Flag of the Austrian Netherlands | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, white and gold with the arms of Austria. |
| 1789 –1790 | Flag of the Brabant Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow. |
| 1830 –1831 | Flag of the Belgian Revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, yellow and red. |
| 1831 - present | Constitutional flag of Belgium | The Belgian Nation chooses red, yellow and black as its colours - article 193 of the Belgian constitution |
| 1831–present | Flag of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red. |

### Colonial

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1908–1960 | Flag of the Belgian Congo | A blue flag with yellow five-pointed star. |
| | 1936–1960 | Standard of the governor-general of the Belgian Congo | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red, with a yellow star in the upper left canton on a blue field. |

### Flags used during war(s)

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1789-1790 (Brabantian rev.) 1830-1831 (Belgian rev.) | The early revolutionary variatiant of the Belgian tricolour during the Belgian revolution and Brabantian revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, black and yellow. |
| 1830-1831 | The early revolutionary variatiant of the Belgian tricolour during the Belgian revolution | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of red, yellow and black. |
| 1830-1831 | Flag of the Liege Volunteers during the Belgian revolution | The flag of the Prince Bishopric of liege with a text that states: Vaincre ou Mourir pour Bruxelles (Win or Die for Brussels/Belgium) |
| 1865 | Fanion of the Belgian Legion during the French intervention in Mexico | Tricolour of the Mexican Empire with the Belgian tricolour to top left. |
| 1914-1948 | German occupation flag of belgium | A horizontal tricolour of black, white, and red with the coat of arms of the German occupation of Belgium |
| 1914-1918 | Flag of the First Regiment of the Line durin the First world war | A vertical tricolour of red, yellow, and black and a text stating: Veldtoch 1914-1919 Antwerpen, Ijzer, Diksmuide, Balgerhoek |
| 1940-1945 | Flag of the Belgian Resitance during the second world war | A horizontal tricolour of black, yellow, and red with the logo of the Belgian resistance in the centre |
| 190-1944 | Flag of Nazi-occupied Belgium and Northern France | |
| 1940-1945 | Ensign of the Belgian Section of the Royal Air Force (world war two) | |
| 1941 - 1942 | Rexist Black Flag for the Walloon Volunteers (world war two) | A black background with the Burgundian cross in the centre |
| 1942 - 1945 | Walloon Legion, 3rd company (world war two) | |
| 1941 - 1944 | Flag of the Flemish (SS) Legion (world war two) | Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules |

## Political flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| flag of political parties ||||
| | 2021–present | Flag of Vooruit | |
| | 1999–present | Flag of the Nation | |
| | 1979–2021 | Flag of the PTB–PVDA (Workers' Party of Belgium) | |
| | 1978–present | Flag of the Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party) | |
| | 2004 - present | Flag of Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) | |
| | 1978–2004 | Flag of the Vlaams Blok (Flemish block) | |
| | 1973–1978 | Flag of the Belgian Socialist Party | A red background with a fist holding a red rose |
| | 1949–1983 | Flag of the Order of Flemish Militants | Red odal on black background. |
| | 1935–1945 | Flag of the Rexist Party | |
| | 1933–1944 | Flag of the Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond | |
| | 1931–1941 | Flag of the Verdinaso | |
| Independence or unification flags ||||
| | 2004 - present | Flag of the Greater Netherlands movement | a horizontal tricolour of Orange, white, and blue |
| | 1832 - present | Flag of Rattachism | The French flag with a Red Gallic Rooster in the centre. |
| | 1954 - present | Flemish strijdvlag (battle flag) flag of the Flemish independence movements | A lion rampant sable, armed and langued gules, five mullets sabel in orle |
| | 1940 - present | Flag of the Wallonie Libre | Red rooster on a yellow background with on the top a text that states "Wallonie Libre" (Wallonian liberation) |

## Other

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1722 - 1731 | Flag of the Belgian Ostend Company | A yellow field with a black double headed eagle with a crown on top and carrying the tricolored arms of Austria on his chest. |
| 1883–1920 | Flag of Neutral Moresnet | A tricolour, with three equal horizontal bands of black, white and blue. |
| 1955–present | Flag of Europe | A circle of 12 5-pointed gold (yellow) stars on a blue field. |
| 1957–present | Unofficial flag of Benelux | A tricolour, with three horizontal bands of Red, white and blue representing the Netherlands and Luxembourg and a Black box in the middle representing Belgium. With a yellow lion in the centre |
| unknown | Flag ot he Belgian vexilogical community of SVB | |
| 2004–present | Belgian heart of Eurovision | |