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Flags of the Junta Defensora (or Conservadora) de los
Derechod de Fernando VII (Later Junta Revolucionaria), 1810.
After Napoleon's expansion to Spain, and the abrupt usurpation by
Jose Bonaparte of the Spanish crown, the Spanish Empire had,
suddenly, its head on the run. Trying to find a defense against
the usurpers, the people's of the Empire, alliances with
England were made. But, mainly, Juntas which invoked to
"Defend the Rights" of the Spanish king, Ferdinand VII
were established. This situation, so agobiating in the Kingdom,
was to be reflected all over the Empire. "Orphan and
desperate", the imperial nations, and their criollo
establishment, found a keen time for their autonomical
aspirations to come into reality. Around April of 1810, a French
Emmisary arrives to Caracas to ask the Captain General Emparan
and the Cabildo for their allegiance to King Jose Bonaparte. The
events unfolded nicely for the autonomical side, as, de facto,
the links with Spain were broken. The Caracas Junta, previous to
the declaration of Independnece (which did not occur on April
19th, 1810, but months later), adopted on May 3rd the flags of
these Juntas. Miranda's
tricolori was adopted on his arrival a year later. Description as
follows:
image by Guillermo Aveledo , 3 October 1999
This flag, three equal stripes, had the same colours of the primitive Miranda's tricolori , but in the following order: red, yellow and black, with the king's initials on the yellow stripes (F-VII). The red and yellow stood for the Spanish Colours, common to all, and the black our alliance with England. This flag was also used as a cockade and an arm band among the revolutionaries.
image by Guillermo Aveledo , 3 October 1999
Same as the previous flag, this one depicts an effigy or
portrait of the King Ferdinand VII (usually rendered handsomer
than he was; (I tried to remain faithful, but it was a very small
field.)"to whose freedom the combined efforts of both nation
and the general vows of the Americas are devoted".
Source: 1981 edition of "Los Simbolos Sagrados de
la Nacion Venezolana", by Francisco A. Vargas
Guillermo Aveledo , 3 October 1999
Armband of the Venezuelan Revolutionaries (1810): The so
called "Suprema Junta Conservadora de los Derechos de
Fernando VII" (Supreme Council Conservative of the Rights of
Fernando VII) in Caracas, dictated an agreement to establish an
armband tricolor horizontal red, yellow and black that show the
initials or picture of the monarch in the center of the yellow
stripe and which they had to bear on the left arm all whatever
were committed to preserve the royal prerogatives in these lands;
but in the long run it was only a transitory emblem that it gave
happened to that they ended up constituting genuine exaltation of
the Venezuelan nationality.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Flag of the Supreme Council Conservative of the Rights of
Fernando VII, 1810, its an arbitrary and later interpretation of
the cap badge which really approved that Council like a
exceptional concession for the bearing of the Venezuelan subjects
after April 19th. Here we present both versions: the one that
only show the number or abbreviation of the monarch and the one
where is includes, in addition, his portrait.
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
image by Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
Flag of the Caracas Patriotic Council, 1810, is refers by Mr.
Jaume Olle in his "Electronical Bulletin of Vexillology from
Catalonia". Part: Historical flags / Venezuela - Reus,
Spain-Catalonia 1999. It can be only an artistic interpretation
of the Mirandian Flag of America.
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
image by Antonio Martins, 3 Febuary 2000
based on image from <www.puroveinte.com>
located by Jarig Bakker , 13 September 1999
In 1811, Venezuela’s First Congress
declared independence, and adopted Miranda’s flag as first
Venezuelan flag.
Jorge V. Alonso-Iglesias
Mother Flag - 1811 - Were been from a Commission appointed to
the effects by the Constituent Congress of the American
Confederation of Venezuela, in which in addition to Miranda they
appeared Lino de Clemente and Jose de Sata y Bussy. It
vexillography is characterizes by the inequality of it stripes
and the emblem on the canton whose main figure is an Indian
female that holds a lance crowned by a Phrygian Cap. It is known
like "Mother Flag" because of it were born in addition
the current Flags to the Republics of Colombia and Ecuador.
Flag of the Liberator Army - 1811 / 1819 - Is the same Flag
of 1811 omitting the emblem of the corner because of the same
development of the Venezuelan War of Independence.
National Cockade (1811): Adopted jointly with the so called
Mother Flag and product of the same commission that conceived it
on July 1811, the first National Cockade consisted of three
concentric circles: red (outside), yellow (wider in center) and
sky-blue (inside).
Raul Orta, 4 April 2002 and 15 May 2002
Uncertain Variant
image by Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
1811 Venezuelan Flag as referred by the Venezuelan Historian
Jerónimo Martínez-Mendoza, is a uncertain version of the so
called "Mother Flag" because its description on the
"Gazeta de Caracas" (Caracas Bulletin) dated on July
14th, 1811 not mention the existence of stars. It may have
relation with the Venezuelan Flag of 1863.
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
Venezuela was founded July 5th, 1811 and adopts like flag the
unequal tricolor Yellow, Blue and Red with the emblem to the
corner that already we knows and it stayed effective until the
fall of the so called Venezuelan First Republic in 1812. In 1813
and with the support of a portion of New Granada that had reached
certain autonomy, Bolivar invades Venezuela crossing the Andes
and develops a fast but victorious march that leads it to Caracas
where was conferred he the title of El Libertador. We cannot
doubt that indeed the Flag of New Granada was hoisted by the
troops who accompanied Bolivar; but it was not adopted by
Venezuela like own. In the case of Venezuela, the Tricolor Flag
stayed over the ups and downs of the stabilization of our
autonomy and highly probable that was raised with the
New-Grenadinian one on the combat operations lead by Bolivar
during the so called Campaña Admirable (Admirable Campaign) in
1813. Still more: in a famous picture, when Girardot death on
Bárbula he is sustaining the tricolor yellow, blue and red
tricolor, and strictly speaking it cannot be assumed like a fact
but like artistic license subject to confirmation. The Second
Republic was established in 1814 an surely then was re-adopted
the 1811 Venezuelan Flag without the emblem in the canton.
Raul Orta, 11 June 2002
image by Dov Gutterman, 15 May 2002
Mirandian Flag of America, (1811): In order to commemorate the
first anniversary of the April 19th, 1810 revolution, the members
of the Patriotic Society organized a manifestation that concluded
in the Plaza Mayor (Great Square, today Bolivar Square) of
Caracas. Miranda, hoisting a yellow cloth, headed one performance
of citizens covered with showy plumages similarity of the Indians
ones to represent the innocent America revolting against the
declining Spanish monarchy.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
image by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
image by Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
Banners of the Independence War (1811-1824): In order to
intimidate the enemy, it seems to be that some patriotic corps
fixed to its lances small black banners bearing in occasions the
emblem of the skull and the crossed bones, whereas in others
brought the phrase: LIBERTAD O MUERTE (Liberty or Death), motto
that according to says El Libertador Simon Bolivar took for
himself.
Raul Orta, 15 May 2002
War until Death Flag, 1813: is refers by Mr. Jens Pattke in
a poster of Historical Flags of Venezuela. One comments
that its reproduction exists in a Museum of Bogotá, Colombia. We
considered that is strange patrimonial and morphologically to the
Venezuelan Historical Vexillology. (see: Colombia - Historical Flags).
Republic of New Granada, 1814-1819: is refers by Mr. Jens Pattke
in a poster of Historical Flags of Venezuela. Although it has
been possible to appreciate in some illustrations of the
Bolivar's Admirable Campaign, for us it seems strange patrimonial
and morphologically to the Venezuelan Historical Vexillology. (see:
Colombia - Historical Flags).
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
Technically, the flag of 1811 stayed in suspense and was
reassumed in 1814, probably without the emblem in the Canton.
Raul Orta, 17 June 2002
image by Jaume Ollé
Spanish Marine Province of Costa Firme (Coro): presumably used
between 1815 and 1819, is refers by Mr. Jaume Olle in his
"Electronical Bulletin of Vexillology from Catalonia",
Part: Historical flags / Venezuela - Reus, Spain-Catalonia 1999.
Until now, in Venezuela and Spain does not seem exist any
specialized registry that guarantees its existence.
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
image by Jaume Ollé
At J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen aller seefahrenden
Nationen, 1971 [nor71] (original
print 1848):
278 Carraccas - Yellow before blue.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 November 2001
Spanish Marine Province of Caracas: presumably used between
1815 and 1819, is refers by Mr. Jaume Olle in his
"Electronical Bulletin of Vexillology from Catalonia",
Part: Historical flags / Venezuela -
Reus, Spain-Catalonia 1999. Mr. Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg,
refers it to J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen to aller
seefahrenden Nationen, 1971 (first printing 1848). Until now, in
Venezuela and Spain does not seem exist any specialized registry
that guarantees its existence.
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
image by Jaume Ollé
Adopted: c. 1815. Abolished: 1819.
Jaume Ollé
At J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen aller seefahrenden
Nationen, 1971 [nor71] (original
print 1848):
279 Cumana.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 November 2001
Spanish Marine Province of Cumana: presumably used between
1815 and 1819, is refers by Mr. Jaume Olle in his
"Electronical Bulletin of Vexillology from Catalonia",
Part: Historical flags / Venezuela - Reus, Spain-Catalonia 1999.
Mr. Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, refers it to J.W Norie - J.S.
Hobbs: Flaggen to aller seefahrenden Nationen, 1971 (first
printing 1848) 279 Cumana. Note that safe by the width of its
strips, is similar to the Tragic Flag of Miranda. Until now, in
Venezuela and Spain does not seem exist any specialized registry
that guarantees its existence.
Raul Orta, 6 June 2002
Flags According to Steenbergen Book (1862)
image by Jaume Ollé, 27 September 2003
No. 1015 - Cumana.
Source: [stb62].
Jaume Ollé, 27 September 2003
image by Jaume Ollé, 12 October 2003
No. 1046 - Caracas (Spain) [Then obsolete]
Source: [stb62].
Jaume Ollé, 12 October 2003
