🚚 Free Worldwide Shipping on All Orders!Shop Now
HomeStore

Flanders Flag (Belgium)

Product image 1
1 / 4

Flanders Flag (Belgium)


📐 Custom Personalized Flag made with Flagmaker & Print. Learn more about our product line-up on the Product Details page. This custom flag design is available as both a one-sided wall flag, or a double-sided display flag

🎌 All our personalized flags are available in multiple sizes and finishing options . If you have special requests, don't hesitate to reach out to us!

✒️ Of course. Here is a description of the flag and its history in a Wikipedia-style tone. The Flag of Flanders, known in Dutch as the Vlag van Vlaanderen, is the flag of the Flemish Community, a federated entity of Belgium. The official flag features a black lion rampant with red claws and tongue, set upon a yellow field. This heraldic charge, the Lion of Flanders or Vlaamse Leeuw, has been the symbol of the Counts of Flanders since at least the 12th century, with its first confirmed use on a seal by Count Philip of Alsace in 1163. The yellow and black colours have been associated with the territory for centuries and form the basis of this historic and widely recognized emblem for the region. Alongside the official version, a variant exists that features a completely black lion, without the red claws and tongue. This version, often called the strijdvlag ("battle flag"), became a prominent symbol within the Flemish Movement, particularly in the 20th century. Its supporters chose to remove the red accents, which correspond to a colour in the Belgian national flag, to create a purely black-and-yellow design that symbolized a rejection of the Belgian state and a stronger assertion of Flemish identity. Today, this all-black lion variant is predominantly used by Flemish nationalist groups and those advocating for greater autonomy or independence for Flanders.

Select Flag Size
Select Flag Type
Select Grommets & Hoist
From $2,460.00

Original: $8,200.00

-70%
Flanders Flag (Belgium)

$8,200.00

$2,460.00

Product Information

Shipping & Returns

Description


📐 Custom Personalized Flag made with Flagmaker & Print. Learn more about our product line-up on the Product Details page. This custom flag design is available as both a one-sided wall flag, or a double-sided display flag

🎌 All our personalized flags are available in multiple sizes and finishing options . If you have special requests, don't hesitate to reach out to us!

✒️ Of course. Here is a description of the flag and its history in a Wikipedia-style tone. The Flag of Flanders, known in Dutch as the Vlag van Vlaanderen, is the flag of the Flemish Community, a federated entity of Belgium. The official flag features a black lion rampant with red claws and tongue, set upon a yellow field. This heraldic charge, the Lion of Flanders or Vlaamse Leeuw, has been the symbol of the Counts of Flanders since at least the 12th century, with its first confirmed use on a seal by Count Philip of Alsace in 1163. The yellow and black colours have been associated with the territory for centuries and form the basis of this historic and widely recognized emblem for the region. Alongside the official version, a variant exists that features a completely black lion, without the red claws and tongue. This version, often called the strijdvlag ("battle flag"), became a prominent symbol within the Flemish Movement, particularly in the 20th century. Its supporters chose to remove the red accents, which correspond to a colour in the Belgian national flag, to create a purely black-and-yellow design that symbolized a rejection of the Belgian state and a stronger assertion of Flemish identity. Today, this all-black lion variant is predominantly used by Flemish nationalist groups and those advocating for greater autonomy or independence for Flanders.