Flag |
Date |
Use |
Description
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1482-1485 |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Portugal (
Portuguese Gold Coast) |
Five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field. Border: red with yellow castles and a green cross of the Order of Aviz.
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1485-1495 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) |
Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 7 yellow castles.
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1495-1521 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) |
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1521-1578 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) |
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1578-1640 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) |
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1612-1795 |
The Prince's Flag of the
Dutch Republic (
Dutch Gold Coast) |
A horizontal tricolour of orange, white and blue.
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1616-1640 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) (Putative Flag) |
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1631-1637 1663-1700 |
Flag of the
Kingdom of England (English Gold Coast) |
A white field with centred red cross.
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1640-1642 |
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) |
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1650–1658 1660–1663 |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Sweden (
Swedish Gold Coast) |
Blue with a yellow Nordic cross that extends to the edges of the flag. Overall ratio, including the tails.
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1652–1672 |
States Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast) |
A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
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1658–1850 |
Flag of
Denmark–Norway and the
Kingdom of Denmark (
Danish Gold Coast) |
A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
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1663-1700 |
Flag of the
Royal African Company |
A white field with centred red cross with a chess themed border.
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1682-1721 |
Flag of the
Holy Roman Empire (
Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast). |
A black
double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field.
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1682-1701 |
Flag of the
Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast). |
7 horizontal stripes alternating black and white; with a red eagle off-centred toward the hoist.
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1684-1701 |
Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast). |
A white field with a red crowned eagle off-centred toward the hoist.
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1701-1721 |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Gold Coast). |
A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top.
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1750-1801 |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Great Britain |
A superimposition of the flags of
England and
Scotland
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1795–1813 |
Flag of the
French First Republic and the
First French Empire (French occupied Dutch Gold Coast) |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
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1795–1806 |
Flag of the Batavian Republic |
A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton.
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1801-1960 |
Flag of the
United Kingdom |
A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the
Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing
Ireland).
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1806-1872 |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Holland, the
Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands, the
United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Gold Coast) |
A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
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1870-1877 |
Flag of the
British West Africa |
A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the West African Settlements.
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1877-1957 |
Flag of the
British Gold Coast |
A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the Gold Coast.
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1884-1916 |
Flag of the
German Empire (
German Togoland) |
A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
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1884-1916 |
Colonial flag of the German Empire |
A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the
Reichsadler in the centre.
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1935-1957 |
Flag of the
Ashanti Empire |
A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag.
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1957-1964 |
Flag of the
Dominion of Ghana and 1st Flag of Ghana |
A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.
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1958-1961 |
Flag of the
Union of African States |
A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 2 black stars on the yellow band.
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1961-1962 |
Flag of the Union of African States |
A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 3 black stars on the yellow band.
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1964-1966 |
2nd flag of Ghana |
A horizontal triband of red, white, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.
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