Last modified: 2016-04-30 by alex garofolo
Keywords: variant | stars: 3 (1+2) | star: 5 points (blue) | expedición libertadora al perú |
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In 1820, San Martin led his Ejercito Libertador (Liberating Army) on an expedition to liberate Perú, known as the Expedición Libertadora al Perú. The army was comprised of personnel from Chile, Las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata and Perú, and each nation was represented by a star on this flag.
Francisco Gregoric, 24 Dec 2002
A variant appeared in 1820 on which the star was charged in the centre of the red bar.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 Mar 2001 & Jaume Ollé, 14 Mar 2001.
(source David Prando [pdo99])
A variant appeared in 1820 in which the order of the bars was altered.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 14 Mar 2001 cites a source from 1848/1869 & Jaume Ollé, 14 Mar 2001 cites David Prando [pdo99]).
The exact layout of the Chilean national flag was fixed on 4 July 1854; before that, the blue canton was sometimes rectangular but usually square. An 1858 flag chart from the United States listed the Chilean flag as having a rectangular canton.
António Martins-Tuválkin &Christopher Southworth, 10 Oct 2008, Francisco Gregoric, 08 Mar 2012.
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