List of Bosnian and Herzegovinian flags

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This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

For more information on these flags see article: Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Contents

Flag Date Use Description
1998 – Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina A blue field with a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top edge of the flag.
1991 – 1998 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina A white field with the Bosnian Fleur-de-lis in the centre.

Flag Date Use Description
1995 – Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina A vertical tricolour of red (for the Bosnian Croats), white, and green (for the Bosniaks), with a coat of arms on the wide central band on which the green arms and golden fleur-de-lys represents the Bosniaks, and the checked shield the Bosnian Croats.
1995 – Flag of Republika Srpska A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white.

Flag Date Use Description
1995 – Flag of Una-Sana Canton
1995 – Flag of Posavina Canton
1995 – Flag of Tuzla Canton
1995 – Flag of Zenica-Doboj Canton
1995 – Flag of Bosnian Podrinje Canton
1995 – Flag of Central Bosnia Canton
1995 – Flag of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
1995 – Flag of West Herzegovina Canton
1995 – Flag of Sarajevo Canton
1995 – Flag of Canton 10
  • Note: The Flag of the West Herzegovina Canton and of Canton 10 are the same. [1]

Flag Date Use Description
1993 - 1995 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina This flag of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted in 1993.

Flag Date Use Description
(official between 1353 - 1391) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina One of the first recognized flags dates back from the Tvrtko reign in Bosnia. Bosnian flag that was used from 1991 to 1998 has roots in this flag.

Flag Date Use Description
1760s Flag of Western Herzegovina used by Bosniak landlords in border parts in southern and western Herzegovina. The flag was most commonly used in wars. It also accompanied Bosnian troops during the second siege of Hotin (Bukowina). A green field with a white crescent and star pointing toward the hoist.

Flag Date Use Description
1831 Flag of the Bosnian Revolt by Husein Gradaščević in the 1830s to get autonomy from the Ottoman Empire. A green field with a yellow crescent and star pointing away from the hoist.

Flag Date Use Description
1878 Flag of Bosnia. In 1878 Bosnia existed briefly as an independent nation. Very similar to the flag used by Husein Gradaščević's revolt of 1830: a green field with a yellow crescent and star facing away from the hoist, but with a more curved crescent, like a typical Islamic crescent moon symbol.

Flag Date Use Description
1878 – 1908 Flag of the Province of Bosnia A red and yellow horizontal bicolour with a shield. The Province of Herzegovina used a similar flag but with the colors reversed (a yellow and red bicolour).
1908 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina after Austro-Hungarian annexation. A red and yellow horizontal bicolour.

Flag Date Use Description
1945 – 1991 Flag of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Very similar to Yugoslavia's old flag. A red field (symbolizing the socialism and communism in Yugoslavia at the time) with the Yugoslav flag in the canton.

Flag Date Use Description
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First alternative in the first set of proposals. Similar to the flag of the Czech Republic. A green and red horizontal bicolour with a blue triangle in the hoist.
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Second alternative in the first set of proposals. Similar to the flag of the United Nations. A light blue field with a branch of wheat.
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Third alternative in the first set of proposals. A blue field with an outline of the map of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Flag Date Use Description
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First alternative in the second set of proposals. A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 10 gold 5-pointed stars.
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Second alternative in the second set of proposals. A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 12 gold 5-pointed stars.

Flag Date Use Description
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). Identical to the national flag that was adopted, but with a field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses.
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with three gold and two white stripes, interleaved so as to form a rectangle in the centre.
Proposed, never used Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with five gold and five white stripes, interleaved so as to form a triangle in the centre.

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