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13th century flag
image by António Martins
The 13th cent. flag is gold with a black eagle charged with a
red 5-pointed lambel.
António Martins, 4 January 1998
14th century flag
image by António Martins, 4 January 1998
The 14th cent. Vaud flag. The narrow bend is barred or and azur
(in French: de gules a la croix blanche, brise d'une cotice barree
d'or et d'azur).
Mario Fabretto, 6 January 1998
1530 flag
image by António Martins, 4 January 1998
A Vaudois insurrection against Bern in the 1790s, inspired by the French
revolution, was largely responsible for inviting the French invasion in
1798 which destroyed the old Swiss Confederation and replaced it with the
unitary Helvetic Republic. The flag of the Vaudois revolution was green
inscribed in white with the motto "Liberté, Egalité" (freedom,
equality).
T.F. Mills, 3 November 1997
Within the Helvetic Republic, the Vaudois territory became
independent of Bern as the new canton of Léman.
T.F. Mills, 3 November 1997
This image was rendered from a photograph
of a surviving example. (Note the font, the accents, etc.) There may have
been variations in proportions and fonts for the lettering. In this
example, the pike sleeve is across the top of the image. I believe the
intent was for the pike to be carried almost horizontally over the shoulder,
so this positioning would make the text the most readily legible.
T.F. Mills, 5 November 1997
1803–1819 letter color variations
image by António Martins, 4 January 1998
image by António Martins, 4 January 1998
The "Ligue Vaudoise" is a political movement founded in 1933 that pushes for the imposition of
total federalism in Switzerland. The meaning of the flag is: The white cross is the cross of Savoy,
to which Vaud belonged for three centuries (1206–1536). The green is the colour of the actual State
of Vaud (since 1803). The sword in the middle is the sword of the Habsburg previously by the
1st Burgundian Empire. The flag was created in order to replace the actual vaudoisean flag: for this
group, the actual one does not represent the real vaudoisean history.
ND, 15 April 2004
While Ligue Vaudoise was created in 1933, it was a continuation of the Order and Tradition movement
created in 1931. This flag might therefore have been created prior to 1933.
Jaume Ollé, 17 April 2004