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Principality of Monaco, Principaute de Monaco

Flag adopted 4 April 1881, coat of arms adopted 15 March 1858
Proportion :4:5 ( or 2:3)
Use: on land, national and civil flag, at sea, national and civil ensign

Colour approximate specifications (as given in Album des Pavillons [pay00]):

Red: Pantone 186 c / CMYK (%) C 0 - M90 - Y 80 - K 5

Description of the flag
Red and white are the heraldic colours of the Grimaldi family. The colours are attested as far back as 1339, but the flag design changed with time. In the XVIIth century, a banner of arms - red and white lozenges - was used.

Sources: W. Smith [smi76c], Dorling-Kindersely Pocket Flag Book [udk97]

The flag is also used with proportions 2:3

Sources: Flaggenbuch [neu92], Album des Pavillons [pay00]

Princely standard and government flag

The white flag with the national coat of arms is consistently identified as:

the princely standard and government flag (Pedersen, 1971 [ped71])
the Pince's standard, flown from his yacht and at the palace (Barraclough & Crampton, 1978 [bcr78])
the Prince's standard and flage for state officials (Crampton, 1990 [cra90])
the state flag (Dorling-Kindersley pocket book, 1997 [udk97]; Znamierowski, 1999 [zna99])
Smith (1980 [smi80]) identified this flag as the state flag and ensign, war flag and ensign (indicated in his 6-point grid).

On the website of the Monegasque government, this flag is shown flying at the seats of the Conseil de la Couronne (which seems to be a wing of the palace) and the Conseil du Gouvernement (which is clearly a separate building), while the red-white bicolour is shown flying at the seat of the Conseil National.
It should be noted that the Monegasque government (i.e. the executive) is responsible to the Prince, not to the Conseil National (the elected legislature). The latter institution, like the rest of the population, uses the red-white bicolour flag and for this reason I feel that the term 'government flag' is more appropriate than 'state flag' when referring to the arms-on-white flag. Znamierowski [zna99] also makes the relevant point that the red-white bicolour flag is used by Monegasque missions abroad.

Vincent Morley, 1 May 2002

The height of the arms is almost exactly 3/4th that of the flag. Flaggenbuch [neu92], however, shows the Arms occupying 17/20th the height of the flag (proportion 2:3), and describes the flag as:

"Furstliche Flagge, gleichzeitig Standarte des Fursten und Dienstflagge, darf an Land auch von Privaten gefuhrt werden"

i.e. "Princely flag, at the same time standard of the Prince and state ensign, private individuals are also allowed to fly it on land".

I found a large, recent picture of a Monegasque Carabinier about to hoist the State Flag above Saint Mary's tower in Monaco Castle. This was published in Paisajes, a complimentary magazine handed out to passengers in the Madrid-Seville high speed train, page 52, November or December 1999 issue. The picture is so large that even the folds in the flag are apparent, and measuring the flag height and comparing it that of the arms is straightforward.
The arms are 11/20ths (0,55) as high as the flag, which does not fit the images in either Smith [smi75c] or Flaggenbuch [neu92].
The motto (Deo Juvante) is shown in red letters, not gold ones as in some renderings.

Santiago Dotor, 16 February 2000

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