File:Flag of Franceville.svg

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Summary

Flag of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franceville,_New_Hebrides" class="extiw" title="en:Franceville, New Hebrides">Independent Commune of Franceville</a> (1889-1890), in the colonial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hebrides" class="extiw" title="w:New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a> (present day <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vanuatu" title="Category:Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a>).

  • The interpretation of the description includes:
  1. a red square 1/3 in height/width of the flag's height,
  2. a blue square on top of the red square and 8/30 in height/width of the flag's height,
  3. a white square behind the red square and 12/30 in height/width of the flag's height,
  4. radius of the five-pointed stars are 1/6 of the flag's height,
  5. all five blue five-pointed stars have been arranged on top of each other on a vertical line, aligned vertically to the right 1/6 of the flag's width and aligned horizontally with a distance of 1/6 of the flag's height.
Credits
  • This version (12 May 2008) fits the authoritative description given in E.N. Imhaus (1890), Les Nouvelles-Hébrides: avec une carte et sept gravures, p 160: "mi partie blanc et rouge, en disposition verticale, comme le drapeau H du Code de commerce, avec un carré bleu au centre, débordant sur le blanc et le rouge et cinq étoiles dans le bleu." See <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Flag_of_Franceville.svg" title="File talk:Flag of Franceville.svg">discussion page</a> for English translation.
  • 2:3 dimensions are based partly on template at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fotw.net/flags/vu_nh.html">Historical Flags (Vanuatu) (FOTW)</a> and the colours are choosen from the Union Jack.
  • Construction details of the other version (8 June 2008) were based on the description given in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tom_Harrisson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tom Harrisson">Tom Harrisson</a> (1937), Savage Civilisation, page 302: "an interesting flag, half blue, half red, vertically (like the 'H' of commercial code), with a blue square in the centre bordered by red and white, and five blue stars" (see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Franceville.png" title="File:Flag of Franceville.png">Flag of Franceville.png</a> for the source of the description).

Licensing

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current08:41, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 08:41, 3 January 2017800 × 533 (2 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<b>Flag of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franceville,_New_Hebrides" class="extiw" title="en:Franceville, New Hebrides">Independent Commune of Franceville</a> (1889-1890)</b>, in the colonial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hebrides" class="extiw" title="w:New Hebrides">New Hebrides</a> (present day <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vanuatu" title="Category:Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a>). <ul><li>The interpretation of the description includes: </li></ul> <ol> <li> a red square 1/3 in height/width of the flag's height, </li> <li> a blue square on top of the red square and 8/30 in height/width of the flag's height, </li> <li> a white square behind the red square and 12/30 in height/width of the flag's height, </li> <li> radius of the five-pointed stars are 1/6 of the flag's height, </li> <li> all five blue five-pointed stars have been arranged on top of each other on a vertical line, aligned vertically to the right 1/6 of the flag's width and aligned horizontally with a distance of 1/6 of the flag's height.</li> </ol> <dl><dt>Credits</dt></dl> <ul><li>This version (12 May 2008) fits the authoritative description given in E.N. Imhaus (1890), <i>Les Nouvelles-Hébrides: avec une carte et sept gravures</i>, p 160: "<i>mi partie blanc et rouge, en disposition verticale, comme le drapeau H du Code de commerce, avec un carré bleu au centre, débordant sur le blanc et le rouge et cinq étoiles dans le bleu.</i>" See <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Flag_of_Franceville.svg" title="File talk:Flag of Franceville.svg">discussion page</a> for English translation.</li></ul> <ul><li>2:3 dimensions are based partly on template at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fotw.net/flags/vu_nh.html">Historical Flags (Vanuatu) (FOTW)</a> and the colours are choosen from the Union Jack.</li></ul> <ul><li>Construction details of the other version (8 June 2008) were based on the description given in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tom_Harrisson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tom Harrisson">Tom Harrisson</a> (1937), <i>Savage Civilisation</i>, page 302: "<i>an interesting flag, half blue, half red, vertically (like the 'H' of commercial code), with a blue square in the centre bordered by red and white, and five blue stars</i>" (see <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Franceville.png" title="File:Flag of Franceville.png">Flag of Franceville.png</a> for the source of the description).</li></ul>
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