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The Swiss version of Thin Blue Line Flag, which symbolizes support to the
police, was created in early 2016 by two police officers from the canton of
Vaud. It is derived from Swiss national flag by replacing
red and white colors with black and light gray, respectively, and adding a blue
horizontal stripe over all, its width being 1/2 of the cross arms' width. In
many photos, the cross looks nearly white, but the Thin Blue Line Switzerland
team has confirmed, in our e-mail correspondence on 14–15th March 2019, that its
color is indeed light gray. The design is also used for pins, badges, stickers
and the like. Designs for all cantons also exist, currently only in form of
shield-shaped badges displaying grayscale depictions of cantonal arms with the
Thin Blue Line over all (picture).
Other Thin Line designs also exist; of these,
only the Thin Red Line having the same meaning as its USA counterpart, i.e.
support to the firefighters, while the Thin Green Line, Thin Yellow Line and
Thin Orange Line stand for the military, emergency medical service and security
officers, respectively. As the Thin Blue Line Switzerland team has confirmed,
none of these designs has been used for the flags so far and there are currently
no plans to do so. There are also the designs for the cantons, modeled after the
corresponding Thin Blue Line versions; for all cantonal designs, there are also
no current plans to turn them into the flags.
Sources:
[1] Thin Blue Line Switzerland website (French, German) –
History, meaning (German/French)
[2] Badges at the online shop
[3] Thin Blue Line Switzerland at Facebook –
Photo posted on 2017-06-25 (picture)
[4] Thin Blue Line Switzerland at Facebook –
Photo posted on 2018-07-31 (picture)
[5] Thin Blue Line Switzerland at Facebook –
Photo posted on 2018-07-31
[6] Thin Blue Line Switzerland at Facebook –
Photo posted on 2018-10-17
[7] Thin Blue Line Switzerland at Instagram –
Photo posted on 2018-11-30
[8] Thin Blue Line Switzerland at Instagram –
Photo posted on 2018-12-01
[9] Thin Blue Line Switzerland website – All articles at the
online shop
Tomislav Todorovic, 15 March 2019