BRETONS (BREZHONED) Verified listing

The Bretons, Brezhoned, are descended from Brittonic Celts, whose language belongs to the Insular Celtic group, settled in Armorica (Ledav) at the end of Antiquity—starting in the 2nd century in kingdoms spread across both shores of the English Channel, and later as Federates of the Roman Empire from the 4th century AD. Brittany, Breizh, was a kingdom, then an independent duchy, and after its union with France, a country with its own estates.

The Breton flag is a black cross centered on a white background, a very old and popular emblem and a state banner. The ermine spots come from the ducal arms of 1316 (see Ph. Jouët in Encyclopédie de la Bretagne). The old Breton ducal coins (for example, the deniers of John V or the ermine deniers of Francis I) provide the motif of a cross with splayed ends flanked by four ermine spots.
A representation of the Brittonic red dragon based on the constellation Draco, with mythological significance, is shared by the Bretons (the green of the Welsh flag being replaced by black).

We reproduce here the emblem taken from coins and medals.