Green Ensign

Green Ensign ( German: Green flag ) is the name of a historical flag, which was hoisted by some Irish merchant ships from the 17th to the early 20th century. The Green Ensign consists of a golden harp on a green field with either of the English flag ( St George's Cross) or the Union Jack version in Gösch.

The Green Ensign comes in the following selected historical flag displays in front of:

The question whether the Green Ensign ever a kind of official status in the British Isles had or ever was just an informal flags of several merchant ships, is not yet clear.

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