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Luxembourg: Military and Police colours

Army colours
Gendarmerie colours
Police colours

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Luxembourg

Army colours

Army colours Luxembourg (left, obverse; right, reverse) - Images by Joseph McMillan, 13 February 2005

The Grand Ducal Order of 15 February 1982 on military flags and emblems, available on the official website of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, provides the following:

Drapeau de l'Armée (Flag, or Color, of the Army)

1:1 cloth bordered on the three free sides by yellow or gilt silk cord. The obverse consists of ten horizontal stripes, white and blue, with the red lion rampant from the Luxembourg coat of arms. The lion is .9 of the hoist and .7 of the fly. The reverse is also ten blue and white stripes, but with the Grand Ducal monogram in gold ensigned with a gold Grand Ducal crown. The monogram (currently H) is .425 of the hoist in height and .37 of the fly in width; the crown is .245 of the hoist and .26 of the fly.

On the above image, the lion is designed according to the "1993 pattern". See the discussion on that pattern.

Joseph McMillan, 8 February 2005

Gendarmerie colours

The Grand Ducal Order of 15 February 1982 on military flags and emblems, available on the official website of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, provides the following:

Drapeau de la Gendarmerie (Flag, or Color, of the Gendarmerie)

1:1 cloth bordered on the three free sides by white or silver cord. The obverse [same as the Army color] consists of ten horizontal stripes, white and blue, with the red lion rampant from the Luxembourg coat of arms. The lion is .9 of the hoist and .7 of the fly. The reverse is blue with the emblem of the Gendarmerie on the center in silver. This emblem is a flaming grenade superimposed on two crossed sabers, all surrounded by laurel branches and ensigned with a grand ducal crown. In each corner is the grand ducal monogram ensigned with the grand ducal crown, oriented toward the center, also in silver. The Gendarmerie badge is .5 of the hoist by .425 of the fly; the letters in the monograms are .1 x .09; the crowns ensigning the monograms are .05 x .075.

Joseph McMillan, 8 February 2005

Police colours

On 1 January 2000, the Luxembourg Gendarmerie was merged with the police; the single force is now called the Police Grand-Ducale. Based on two photographs, both described as the drapeau de la Police Grand-Ducale and both showing the flag carried by the same young policewoman, the obverse of the police color is still striped with the red lion, while the reverse consists of the national tricolor with the simple arms of the Grand Duchy superimposed on the center, taking up about half the hoist, and the grand ducal monograms in each corner, the crowns pointing inward in the bottom corners and outward in the top corners.
The first source picture shows mostly the obverse, but the red stripe on the top of the reverse is just visible beneath the finial. The second source picture shows the reverse, but with the blue and white stripes of the obverse just visible at the upper fly corner. Both flags are topped by a silver-colored finial consisting of a crowned lion rampant standing on a platform.

Joseph McMillan, 8 February 2005