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The flag of the Algerian government in exile, 1958–1962
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The national flag of Algeria consists of two equal vertical bars, green and white, charged in the center with a red star and crescent. The white colour represents peace; the green, Islam; and the red, the blood of the martyrs of the Algerian war of independence (1954 to 1962).
The flag was adopted on July 3, 1962. A similar version was used by the Algerian government in exile from 1958 to 1962.
The flag's design is inspired from the standard of Emir Abdel Kadir in the 19th century which consisted of two equal vertical bands, green and white, as well as being inspired from the flag of the Algerian Regency from the 16th to the 19th century, which consisted of a white crescent and star on a red background (the same as the modern flag of Turkey; the Algerian Regency was an autonomous member state of the Ottoman Empire).
Algerian ships fly the national flag as their ensign, except for ships of the Algerian National Navy, which use the national flag charged with two red crossed anchors in the canton as the naval ensign.
The Western blazon is per pale Vert and Argent; a crescent and star Gules.
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