The cockade of France is the national ornament of France, obtained by circularly pleating a blue, white and red ribbon. It is composed of the three colors of the French flag, with blue in the center,
Camille Desmoulins, who devised the first French cockade
Officer of the gendarmerie nationale of the revolutionary era wearing a hat with a tricolor cockade
Detail of a presidential Citroën SM
A Dassault Rafale with a French tricolor cockade
The national flag of France is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue, white, and red. The design was adopted during the French Revolution and has remained the national flag since th
Cockade of France
…cockade') is the national ornament of France, obtained by circularly pleating a blue, white and red ribbon. It is composed of the three colors of the French flag, with blue in the center, white immediately outside and red on the edge. The French tricolor cockade was devised at the beginning of the French Revolution…
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was one of many world landmarks illuminated in the French flag colours after the November 2015 Paris attacks.
The white flag of the monarchy transformed into the Tricolore as a result of the July Revolution. Scenes of July 1830, painting by Léon Cogniet (1830)
Lamartine Rejecting the Red Flag in Front of the City Hall by Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1848
The French soldiers started to use white crosses, during the Hundred Years' War, to distinguish themselves from the English soldiers wearing red crosses.