List of Cameroonian flags

The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.

National flag and state flag
FlagDateUseDescription
1975-TodayFlag of CameroonA vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow, with a gold star centred on the red band.[1][2][3]

Flags of political parties
FlagDateUseDescription
1956–presentFlag of the Union of the Peoples of CameroonA black crab in the center of a red field.[4]
Flag of the Cameroonian National Union
Flag of the Social Democratic Front

Separatist movements flags
FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the Bamileke National Movement.Four equally high horizontal bands in the Pan-African colours (from above) green, yellow, red and black.[5]
Another unofficial flag of the Bamileke.
Flag of the Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination.
Flag of Ambazonia.'Ambazonia' is used by proponents of independence for the former British Cameroon to name their desired state. Five blue and four white horizontal bands with a blue Canton in which a bird in a circle of thirteen golden stars.[6]

Historical flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1961-19752nd Flag of CameroonA vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow with two gold (darker than the third stripe by comparison) stars in the upper half of the green.[7]
1960-19611st Flag of CameroonA vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow.[8]
1916-1960Flag of The French CameroonA vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1916-1961Flag of The United KingdomA superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1916-1961Flag of The British CameroonA blue ensign with the arms of Cameroon.[9]
1884-1916Flag of The German EmpireA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
1884-1916Colonial FlagA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the German Eagle in the center.
19141st Proposed Flag of German KamerunA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a gules field in the center.[10]
19142nd Proposed Flag of German KamerunA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a gules disc in the center.
1884-1914Flag of the German West Africa Company[11]

See also

References
  1. The International Flag Book in Color, Christian Fogd Pedersen (1971)
  2. "Flag Similarity Tends to Confuse". The Spokesman-Review. March 4, 1962. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  3. "Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. "Union of the Populations of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. "Bamileke National Movement (Cameroon)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. "Ambazonia / Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  8. "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  9. "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  10. "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  11. "German West African Company". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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