Banner o Gabon
The Banner o Gabon haes colours which are green, representin the forests; gowd, representin the equator; an blue, representin the sea.
[edit] History
The airmorial banner o the preses o Gabon an the naitional airms wur baith designed bi Louis Mühlemann, a Swiss heraldist an vexillologist. He chose panthers tae hauld the airms. The banner o Gabon wis adoptit in 1960.[1]
The oreeginal banner adoptit in 1959 wis similar tae the present ane but wi stripes o unequal width an the French Tricolore in the canton. The Tricolore wis dropped at unthirldom an the thin yellae stripe, seembolizin the Equator, wis enlairged. Nou the colors represent the sun, the sea, an the kintra's lush natural resources, pairticularly plants an trees. [2]
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