Vlaamsch Nationaal Verband (Political party, Belgium)

Flemish National Union

Last modified: 2011-11-11 by ivan sache
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Flag of VNV, two versions - Images by Ivan Sache, 27 July 2010

• Presentation of VNV
• Flag of VNV

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• Belgium
• Verdinaso (Political party, Belgium)

Presentation of VNV

Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (VNV) was founded in 1933-34; during the second World War it collaborated with the Germans; it was dissolved in 1944.

Source: Nijhoffs Geschiedenislexicon - Nederland en België. The Hague - Antwerpen, 1981.

Jarig Bakker, 13 June 1999

Flag of the VNV

The flag of the VNV is orange with a white disc bordered blue and charged with a blue voided triangle.
Blue, white and orange are the colours of the (united) Netherlands (see the Dutch flag). The blue triangle is the delta symbol, the Netherlands being the delta of major European rivers: Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt.

Karim Van Overmeire, 21 November 2000

The symbol is said to have been designed by Herman van Ooteghem, who meant to show the three rivers mentioned above. Reimond Tollenaere, another VNV mugwump and seated opposite HvO when he drew the triangle (point downwards) recognized the Greek letter Delta and proposed a triangle with point upwards.

Jan Mertens, 22 March 2004

There was also a red/black/white version that was widely used. This one was based directly on the swastika flag of Nazi Germany, using the exact same colors.

Joris Huizer, 20 July 2010