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In the reportage of European-TV "Euronews" (28-VII-2009, 16 h) at
www.euronews.net
is shown the flag of the
Colombian Coast Guard.
Jens Pattke, 28 August 2009
That is the flag of the Cuerpo de Guardacostas (Coast Guard
Corps). The official abbreviation is COGAC which stands for
Comando Cuerpo de Guardacostas.
The flag can also be seen in the ribbon bar of the Medalla
Militar Servicios Distinguidos al "Cuerpo de
Guardacostas" (Distinguished Service to the Coast Guard
Military Medal), seen here in ribbon
chart (sixth row, fourth ribbon from the left).
The term Corps here refers only to an Arm of Service (or Service
Branch) within the Colombian Navy, mainly as the administrative
grouping, not a Corps as a military formation (i.e. two or more
Divisions).
The Cuerpo de Guardacostas was established in 1979. It is
composed of mainly Offshore Patrol Vessels, Patrol Crafts, Patrol
Boats and Patrol Stations.
Sources:
www.armada.mil.co
and wikipedia.
E.R., 29 August 2009
I just came across
this page where it shows two pictures of the actual flag of the Colombian
Coast Guard :
-
http://www.state.gov/img/10/41010/HandOff_600_1.jpg (picture on the
right)
-
http://www.state.gov/img/10/41009/Flags_600_1.jpg (fourth flag from
left to right)
With those two images provided above, I believe the proportions of the flag have
to change, and be properly adjusted.
Esteban Rivera, 06 March 2016
images by Zoltan Horvath, 7 October 2025
I found two versions of Coast Guard racing stripe. It consists of a wider
orange and narrower yellow stripe interrupted by a transparent stripe. Most of
pictures I found on Internet show a version with badge of Coast Guard in the
center of the orange stripe.
Images without badge:
https://boatwatch.org/unresolved/bolo-colombian-coast-guard-conducting-rescue-near-sapzurro/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNGr9rDATkP/
Images with badge on orange
stripe:
https://www.facebook.com/photo
https://x.com/ArmadaColombia/status
Zoltan Horvath, 7 October 2025
