Banner o Thailand

The banner o the Kinrick o Thailand shows five horizontal stripes in the colours reid, white, blue, white an reid, wi the middle blue stripe bein twice as wide as each o the ither fower. The three colours reid-white-blue staund for naition-releegion-king, an unoffeecial motto o Thailand. The banner wis adoptit on 28 September 1917, accordin tae the ryal decree aboot the banner in that year. The Thai name for the banner is ธงไตรรงค์ (Thong Trairong), which simply means tricolour banner.

 History 
The first banner uised for Siam wis probably a plain reid ane, first uised unner Keeng Narai (1656–1688). Naval flags later uised different seembols on the reid grund—a white chakra (the wappen o god Vishnu which uise as the seembol o the Hoose o Chakri), or a white elephant inside the chakra.

Offeecially the first banner wis creatit in 1855 bi King Mongkut (Rama IV), showin a white elephant (a ryal seembol) on reid grund, as the plain coloured banner wis no distinct enough for internaitional relations.

In 1916 the banner wis chynged tae shaw a white elephant in ryal regalia. In 1917, the current design, but wi the middle colour bein the same reid as the ooter stripe, wis defined as the civil ensign. The story goes that durin a fluid King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) saw the banner hangin upside-doun, an tae prevent this frae happenin again creatit a new banner which wis seemmetrical. Later in 1917 the middle colour wis chynged tae dark blue, which wis seemilar in tone tae indigo, which at the time wis regarded as the auspicious colour for Seturday, the day King Vajiravudh wis born. Accordin tae ither soorces, the blue colour wis an aa chosen tae shaw solidarity wi the Allies o Warld War I, which an aa haed the colours blue-red-white in thair flags.

The banner resembles the banner o Costa Rica, which wis adoptit 11 years prior tae Thailand's. The main difference is that the blue an reid colours are invertit; the banner o Costa Rica an aa haes a different proportion o 3:5.

In the "reimagined" Battlestar Galactica televeesion series in 2004, the colour an layoot o the banner o Caprica, ane o twal colonies in the series, is closed resemble tae Thailand's banner.

Timeline
BannerDateUiseDescription 120px|center  c.1700–c.1790   Naitional ensign durin late Ayutthaya an Thonburi periodsA reid plain rectangular banner. c.1790–1855   Civil ensign prior tae 1855  120px|center  c.1790–c.1820   State an naval ensign decreed bi King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)  Red banner wi a white chakra, presumably tae represent the Chakri Dynasty. 120px|center  c.1820–1855   Change institutit bi King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II)  Red banner wi a white elephant inside the chakra. 120px|center  1855–1893   Naitional ensign decreed bi King Mongkut (Rama IV) A white elephant, facing the hoist, centred on a reid field. Cawed in Thai leid "Thong Chang Puak (in thai: ธงช้างเผือก)" (elephant banner). 1893–1916   Civil ensign until 1916 120px|center  1893–1898   State an naval ensign, tae be displayed defaced wi the flyer's emblem on the upper hoist corner A white elephant in regalia, facin the hoist, centred on a reid field 1898–1912   State an naval ensign 1912–1917   State banner an ensign, decreed bi King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) 120px|center  1917   Civil ensign  Red banner wi twa horizontal white stripes ane-saxt wide, ane-saxt frae the tap an bottom 120px|center  1917–present   Naitional banner, civil an state ensign  Banner wi horizontal blue stripe ane-third wide atween white stripes ane-saxt wide, atween reid stripes ane-saxth wide, kent as the Trairanga

 Maritime flags 

The naval ensign o Ryal Thai Navy is seemilar tae the naitional banner but haes the reid circle in the middle which reaches as far as the reid stripes at the tap an bottom. In the circle stands a white elephant, in full caparison, facin the flagpole. Thai Navy jack is the naitional banner wi an additional emblem o Ryal Thai Navy in the middle. The design o the regimental colours o RTN is as same as this banner. Thir twa ensigns are adoptit in 1917.

See an aa
 Leet o Thai banners
 Ryal Staundart o Thailand
 Ryal Banners o Thailand
 Leet o Military banners o Thailand

Sources

Freemit airtins

 Royal Flags (Thailand)
 Siam Flag museum  (Thai anly)
 Historical thai flag


Category:Naitional seembols o Thailand
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