The flag of the Kingdom of Greece featured nine horizontal stripes of blue and white with a blue canton bearing a white cross. Alternatively, a plain blue field with a white cross was used as the state flag. The nine stripes are popularly said to represent the nine syllables of the Greek motto 'Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος' (Freedom or Death).
The Kingdom of Greece flag represented the Greek monarchy. Used from 1832 onwards with various heraldic modifications. Greece became a republic in 1974.
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