Flag
Date
Use
Description
1482-1485
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast )
Five blue escutcheons each charged with an undetermined number of bezants on a white field. Border: red with yellow castles and a green cross of the Order of Aviz.
1485-1495
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
Five blue escutcheons each charged with 5 bezants on a white field. Border: red with 7 yellow castles.
1495-1521
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1521-1578
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1578-1640
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1612-1795
The Prince's Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast )
A horizontal tricolour of orange, white and blue.
1616-1640
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast) (Putative Flag)
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1631-1637 1663-1700
Flag of the Kingdom of England (English Gold Coast)
A white field with centred red cross.
1640-1642
Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese Gold Coast)
A white field with the Portuguese coat of arms in the centre.
1650–1658 1660–1663
Flag of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish Gold Coast )
Blue with a yellow Nordic cross that extends to the edges of the flag. Overall ratio, including the tails.
1652–1672
States Flag of the Dutch Republic (Dutch Gold Coast)
A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
1658–1850
Flag of Denmark–Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish Gold Coast )
A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
1663-1700
Flag of the Royal African Company
A white field with centred red cross with a chess themed border.[22 ]
1682-1721
Flag of the Holy Roman Empire (Brandenburger/Prussian Gold Coast ).
A black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field.
1682-1701
Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast).
7 horizontal stripes alternating black and white; with a red eagle off-centred toward the hoist.
1684-1701
Flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Gold Coast).
A white field with a red crowned eagle off-centred toward the hoist.[23 ]
1701-1721
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Gold Coast).
A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top.
1750-1801
Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain
A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland
1795–1813
Flag of the French First Republic and the First French Empire (French occupied Dutch Gold Coast)
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red.
1795–1806
Flag of the Batavian Republic
A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton.
1801-1960
Flag of the United Kingdom
A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland ).
1806-1872
Flag of the Kingdom of Holland , the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands , the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch Gold Coast)
A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue.
1870-1877
Flag of the British West Africa
A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the West African Settlements.[24 ]
1877-1957
Flag of the British Gold Coast
A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of the Gold Coast.[25 ]
1884-1916
Flag of the German Empire (German Togoland )
A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
1884-1916
Colonial flag of the German Empire
A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the Reichsadler in the centre.
1935-1957
Flag of the Ashanti Empire
A horizontal tricolour of gold, black, green and white with the Golden Stool stationed in the middle of flag.
1957-1964
Flag of the Dominion of Ghana and 1st Flag of Ghana
A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[26 ]
1958-1961
Flag of the Union of African States
A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 2 black stars on the yellow band.[27 ]
1961-1962
Flag of the Union of African States
A horizontal triband of red, gold, and green, charged with 3 black stars on the yellow band.
1964-1966
2nd flag of Ghana
A horizontal triband of red, white, and green, charged with a black star in the centre.[28 ] [29 ]