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by António Martins, 22 April 1999
Flag adopted 19 February 1937, coat of
arms adopted 10 July 1907.
An orange pennant is hoisted above the national flag on birthdays of
members of the Royal House or other occasions in which the Royal House
is involved, except when hoisted half mast.
Mark Sensen, 22 February 1998
In May and June you can tell which families have students who have graduated.
Outside the house the flag is put out, with the school bag at the top of
the staff.
Mark Sensen, 22 February 1998
Most of the time under French occupation (1795-1813) Holland, called
the Batavian Republic, had the same flag as during the Dutch Republic (end
16th c. -1795), and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1813-1940 and 1945-now):
horizontal
red-white-blue. Even Louis Napoleon, King of Holland 1806-1810, maintained
this flag, and Dutch history says he did a good job and tried his best.
Only in the early days of French occupation (when Holland was the Batavian
Republic, 1795-1806) a horizontal red-white-blue flag existed with
a canton showing the "Virgin of Holland", and during incorporation in France
(1810-1813) the French tricolore (vertical blue-white-red)
predominated.
Gerard van der Vaart, 26 January 1996
During the Second World War the red-white-blue was still the national
flag, but its use was restricted by the German
occupiers.
(Source: Jos Poels in [vxn]
Vexilla
Nostra no. 198, may/june 1995.)
Mark Sensen, 27 January 1996
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Koninklijk Besluit19 Februari 1937 nr. 93Wij Wilhelmina, bij de gratie Gods, Koningin der Nederlanden, Prinses
van Oranje-Nassau, enz., enz., enz.
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Order in Council19 February 1937 no. 93We Wilhelmina, by the grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess
of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
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