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image by Kieran Denny, 12
September 2021See also:
The flag of the F.A.N. was quite difficult to find. The only high quality
image depicting the flag was a photograph taken for a stock photo website. This
depicted the reverse clearly, however text on the obverse shined through. The
best copy of the obverse could be found on the website of the Gendarmerie
Nationale, which showed the words “FRATERNITE, TRAVAIL, PROGRES,” which is the
national motto of Niger. Despite this, there was still some illegible text on
the top stripe of the flag. I discovered this by downloading the original image
and increasing the contrast in Adobe Photoshop. This revealed two lines of text
on the top stripe of the obverse. The top line contained a relatively long word
beginning with “REP,” and the bottom line contained the word “DU,” and a
relatively short word beginning with “NI.” From this information it can be
inferred that the text reads “REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER,” as this is the most logical
explanation of my findings. With this information, I can confidently describe
the flag of the F.A.N. as follows:
A horizontal tricolour of orange,
white, and green, with an orange circle in the centre of the white stripe. In
each corner, a golden sun surrounded by two ears of corn of the same colour. On
the obverse, the phrase “REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER,” split between two lines of text
in the top stripe, the words “FRATERNITE” and “TRAVAIL” to the left and right of
the circle, and the word “PROGRES” on the bottom stripe. On the reverse, the
words “FORCES ARMEES” on the top stripe, and the word “NIGERIENNES” on the
bottom stripe. Accents are not used. A golden fringe surrounds the entire flag.
The stock image consulted can be found here:
https://www.alamyimages.fr
Kieran Denny,, 12
September 2021
image by Kieran Denny, 12
September 2021