French Protectorate of Morocco

(1912-1946)

Last modified: 2000-12-08 by antonio martins
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• Description of the flag
• Civil ensign
• Sultan’s standard

• Morocco

According to Flaggenbuch, the current (and pre-colonial) Moroccan flag was the “national” flag.
Ivan Sache, 19 Mar 2000

Kannik [kan56] mentions that the French tricolour was included in the canton of the Moroccan flag from 1923 to 1956.
Ole Andersen, 2000 Mar 12

According to Flaggenbuch, the flag with the French Tricolore in canton was the civil ensign, not the national flag. This is not illogical, since the French protectorates of Morocco and Tunisia were theoretically independent states which had “required” the generous protection of France (as opposed to Algeria, which was part of the French Republic and had not required anything). The Grand Larousse Illustré du XX^ème Siécle (1929) also shows a “plain” Moroccan flag (as well as a “plain” Tunisian flag).
Ivan Sache, 19 Mar 2000

According to Flaggenbuch, the Sultan’s standard was a triangular red flag with a yellow Moroccan star fimbriated in yellow.
Ivan Sache, 19 Mar 2000