Flag
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Date
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Use
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Description
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1482-1485
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Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
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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
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Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
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Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 7 yellow castles.
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1495-1521
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Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
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A White Field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1521-1578
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Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
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A White Field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1578-1640
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Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
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A White Field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1612-1795
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The Prince's Flag of The Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast)
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A Horizontal Tricolour of orange, white and blue.
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1616-1640
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Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) (Putative Flag)
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A White Field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1631-1637 1663-1700
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Flag of The Kingdom of England (English Gold Coast)
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A white field with centred red cross.
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1640-1642
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Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
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A White Field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
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1650–1658 1660–1663
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Flag of The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish Gold Coast)
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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
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States Flag of The Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast)
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A Horizontal Tricolour of red, white and blue.
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1658–1850
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Flag of The Denmark–Norway and The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish Gold Coast)
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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
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Flag of The Royal African Company
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A white field with centred red cross with a chess themed border.[22]
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1682-1721
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Flag of The Holy Roman Empire (Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast).
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A black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field.
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1682-1701
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Flag of The Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast).
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7 horizontal stripes alternating black and white; with a red eagle off-centred toward the hoist.
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1684-1701
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Flag of The Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast).
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A White Field with a red crowned eagle off-centred toward the hoist.[23]
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1701-1721
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Flag of The Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Gold Coast).
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A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top.
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1750-1801
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Flag of The Kingdom of Great Britain
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A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland
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1795–1813
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Flag of The French First Republic and The First French Empire (French occupied Dutch Gold Coast)
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A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
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1795–1806
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Flag of the Batavian Republic
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A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton.
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1801-1960
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Flag of The United Kingdom
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A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
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1806-1872
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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)
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A Horizontal Tricolour of red, white and blue.
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1870-1877
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Flag of The British West Africa
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A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of The West African Settlements.[24]
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1877-1957
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Flag of The British Gold Coast
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A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of The Gold Coast.[25]
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1884-1916
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Flag of The German Empire (German Togoland)
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A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
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1884-1916
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Colonial Flag of The German Empire
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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
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Flag of The Ashanti Empire
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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
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Flag of The Dominion of Ghana and 1st Flag of Ghana
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A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[26]
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1958-1961
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Flag of The Union of African States
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A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 2 black stars on the yellow band.[27]
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1961-1962
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Flag of The Union of African States
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A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 3 black stars on the yellow band.
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1964-1966
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2nd Flag of Ghana
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A horizontal triband of red, white, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[28][29]
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