Flag and Coat of arms of West-Flanders

The flag of West Flanders is Coveted in 12 pieces gold and azure with a heart shield of gules in the middle over the whole.

Flag of the Belgian province

Flag of West-Flanders

Flag of West Flanders

Proportion| 2:3
Adopted| 1997
Design| coveted in 12 pieces blue and yellow with a with a heart shield of red in the middle over the whole
colours:
Blue
Red
Yellow

Logo of West-Flanders

Coat of arms of West-Flanders

The flag of West Flanders is a coveted background in 12 pieces of gold and azure, with a heart shield of gules in the middle over the whole.[1] The flag of West Flanders[2] shows a coveted background of blue and yellow in twelve pieces, with a heart shield of red in the middle over the whole. The official flag, as it is now, was approved on 27 May 1997 by the Flemish Minister of Culture.Although there is no historical evidence for this, from the 14th century onwards, various armorials claim that the House of Flanders carried a coveted shield of twelve pieces of azure and gold, with a heart shield of gules, before the Flemish Lion. This was attributed to the legendary Liederik van Buc, first forestier or forest master (title of the Flemish princes before they became counts) of Flanders from 793 to 817. It is possibly derived from a misinterpreted ornamental fitting on the shield of the Flemish count Willem Clito (+ 1128), as it was depicted on his tomb in the Saint-Bertinus Abbey of Saint-Omer. That shield shows a central umbo (ornamental knob) from which several rays radiate to the edges of the shield. In his search for the old coat of arms of Flanders, Abbot Iperius, biographer of the Flemish house of counts, interpreted this as a coveted coat of arms with a heart shield; the colours - which he may have added himself - are possibly those of the French royal house.

## other flags of West-Flanders

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* Unnoficial flag of West-Flanders and coat of arms in flag form[3]

* Logo flag of West Flanders[4]

* Old (unofficial) banner of West-Flanders[2]

* Flag of the Governor of West-Flanders[5]

## Coat of arms of West-Flanders

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* Coat of arms of West-Flanders

* Small Coat of arms of West-Flanders

* Flag of West-Flanders in flag form

## United Kingdom of the Netherlands

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During the United Kingdom of the Netherlands reign over West-Flanders, its provincial coats of arms had a count's crown and a chief containing the partial coat of arms of Nassau and its own coat of arms on the bottom (underneath the arms of Nassau).[6]

* Coat of arms of West Flanders (United Kingdom of the Netherlands)[7]

## Similar coat of arms to West-Flanders

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* Coat of arms of Kortemark (West-Flemish Municipality)

* Coat of arms of Langemark (West-Flemish Municipality)

* Coat of arms of Dentergem (West-Flemish Municipality)

## See also

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* Coat of arms of Flanders
* West-Flanders

## Sources

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1. ^ https://www.heraldry-wiki.com//heraldrywiki/index.php?title=West-Vlaanderen
2. ^ a b https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/be-vwv.html
3. ^ https://gouverneurwest-vlaanderen.be/content/galaconcert-van-het-militair-commando-van-de-provincie-west-vlaanderen
4. ^ https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/be-vwv.html
5. ^ https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/be-vwv.html
6. ^ https://www.heraldry-wiki.com//heraldrywiki/index.php?title=West-Vlaanderen
7. ^ https://www.hubert-herald.nl/BelVlaanderen.htm