French Alliance Flag (U.S.)

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French Alliance

image by Dave Martucci, 14 July 1998

In 1781 and 1782, in honor of the end of the American Revolutionary War and the help of France in that conflict, a special U.S. Flag appeared. It consisted of 13 red and white stripes with a very long (11 stripes long) canton bearing either 12 or 13 white stars and a gold fleur-di-lis. The stars are shown in contemporary illustrations either as 5 pointed or as 6 pointed in rows of three (with a single star below if there are 13) and the fleur at the top.
Dave Martucci, 14 July 1998

image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 28 July 2001
Shown in print in 1782, by Matthews Seutter, Augsberg.

image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 28 July 2001
Mondhare Flag Sheet shown in print in 1781.,