Presidential flag of Chile

Last modified: 2015-03-21 by alex garofolo
Keywords: president | coat of arms: per fess (star) | por la razón o la fuerza | sash | fringe |
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• Accurate illustration of the presidential flag in the Chilean government website
  reported by Juan Pablo Pereira, 23 Jan 2005

About the flag

National flag with the coat of arms overall.
António Martins, 16 May 2000

Both Flaggenbuch [neu39] and Album [pay00] labels it as president’s standard.
Ivan Sache, 16 Oct 2001

Is it possible it’s also used as a “state” flag?
Nathan Lamm, 22 Jan 2005

Is this a “real” presidential flag, or used only as a rank flag on a Navy ship when the president is on board? (As it is in Argentina.)
António Martins, 05 May 2004

This flag can be seen at the pole of the Palacio de la Moneda, the official residence of the government.
Juan Pablo Pereira, 22 Jan 2005

The Chilean flag with coat-of arms, which I’d have thought would be hard to pull off on a flag with a canton, as there’s no “center” to put the arms on…
Nathan Lamm, 15 Oct 2001

This on line picture of the Chilean presidential has golden fringe as some indoors Chilean flags do. (There are Chilean Presidential Flags without fringe also).
Francisco Gregoric, 26 Mar 2006

Version with large coat-of-arms

The central arms in this on-line image are much smaller than reported in both Flaggenbuch [neu39] and Album [pay00]. What is it? A new version, two variants?
António Martins, 01 Mar 2005

Version with large star

Both Flaggenbuch [neu39] and Album [pay00] show the star in the presidential flag slightly larger then in the national flag, but this may not be intentional.
Željko Heimer, 13 Dec 2005

Following Flaggenbuch [neu39] and Album [pay00] information, the star is slightly bigger than the one in the National flag. However the size of the star should be the same in both flags.
Francisco Gregoric, 26 Mar 2006

Presidential sash (Banda Presidencial)

The Chilean Presidential Sash is a wide ribbon with three longitudinal stripes (parallel to the edges of the ribbon): red, white and blue. It is worn with the blue stripe above.
António Martins, 29 Sep 2006

So the present day Chilean Presidential Sash (or at least the one worn by civilian presidents) does not have the embroidered coat of arms.
Francisco Gregoric, 26 Mar 2006

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Previous version (with arms)

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