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![[French Alliance flag]](../images/u/us-frali.gif)
image by Dave Martucci, 14 July 1998
In 1781 and 1782, in honor of the end of the American Revolutionary War and the help of France in that conflict, a special U.S. Flag appeared. It consisted of 13 red and white stripes with a very long (11 stripes long) canton bearing either 12 or 13 white stars and a gold fleur-di-lis. The stars are shown in contemporary illustrations either as 5 pointed or as 6 pointed in rows of three (with a single star below if there are 13) and the fleur at the top.
Dave Martucci, 14 July 1998
![[French Alliance flag]](../images/u/us-1781s.gif)
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 28 July 2001
Shown in print in 1782, by Matthews Seutter, Augsberg.
![[French Alliance flag]](../images/u/us-1781m.gif)
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 28 July 2001
Mondhare Flag Sheet shown in print in 1781.,
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