Wales Flags

The red dragon consisting of a red dragon passant on a green and white field.

Wales flags. The upper one white and the lower one green. Other variations of the welsh dragon flag also exist. The design of the dragon is not standardized and many variations upon the basic template are in use. Quarterly or and gules four lions rampant counter charged.

The national flag of wales has a horizontally halved white over green background with the famous red dragon over all the earliest reference to welsh flag or flag of wales in the document titles on the website of the national archives is 1925. Ho 144 22962 flying of red dragon flag of wales. It has appeared on a flag of white over green stripes since at least 1911 when the future king edward viii was invested with the title prince of wales. It is divided longitudinally into two halves.

As with many heraldic charges the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised and many renderings exist. The national flag of wales is y ddraig goch english. Baner cymru or y ddraig goch meaning the red dragon consists of a red dragon passant on a green and white field. The flag of wales welsh.

In terms of heraldry the dragon is passant. As with any heraldic charge the exact representation of the dragon is not standardised and many renderings exist. This flag was officially adopted in 1959 but the red dragon possibly roman in origin has been associated with wales for many centuries. A red dragon adorns the flag facing the flag post.

Banner adopted by owain glyndŵr and thought to be derived from the counter charged arms of the princely houses of mathrafal and dinefwr it is currently in use by the national eisteddfod for wales cymdeithas yr iaith and widely amongst pro independence groups. The flag is not represented in the union flag. The flag of wales is a rectangle in the ratio 3 5. Larger wales flag wales coat of arms.