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In use since 1822 (as the Greek naval ensign), and from 1978 onwards as the sole National Flag. The current Flag of Greece was adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus in January 1822 as the official naval ensign of the country. Between 1822 and 1978, this flag was flown on Greek vessels and also used for foreign service.
The closest to a Greek "national" flag during Ottoman rule was the so-called "Graeco-Ottoman flag" (Γραικοθωμανική παντιέρα), a civil ensign Greek Orthodox merchants (better: merchants from the Greek-dominated Orthodox millet) were allowed to fly on their ships, combining stripes with red (for the Ottoman Empire) and blue ...
Pages in category "Flags of Greece" ... List of Greek flags; A. Flag of Aegina; M. Flag of Macedonia (Greece) S. Flambouras; U. Flag of the United States of the ...
An earlier variant of the flag, used in the 1980s, combined the double-headed eagle design with the blue-and-white stripes of the flag of Greece. [2] The design is sometimes dubbed the "Byzantine imperial flag", and is considered—somewhat correctly—to have been the actual historical banner of the Byzantine Empire.
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The current coat of arms of Greece derives from the Greek national flag, which was adopted in March 1822. [9] Theories published retrospectively in Greece try to justify this use by making a connection to Byzantine flags and insignia .
The Flag of Greece is also blue and white, as defined by Law 851/1978 Regarding the National Flag. [21] It specifies the colour of "cyan" (Greek: κυανό, kyano), meaning "blue", so the shade of blue is ambiguous. The Order of the Redeemer and military decoration Cross of Valour both have ribbons in the national colours. [22]
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