Flag Dates: Former Countries

Adoption Dates

Last modified: 2006-11-19 by phil nelson
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Czechoslovakia

• Flag adopted 30 March 1920
• Flag in disuse 1939-1948
• Flag reauthorized and in use until dissolution in 1993; currently Czech Republic flag

East Germany

• Basic flag pattern established 19 March 1949
• Flag reaffirmed 26 September 1955
• Arms added to Flag 1 October 1959; abolished 1990
• 1973 - State flag also used as Civil Ensign

Pacific Island Trust Territory

• First hoisted 24 October 1962
• Adopted by Congress of Micronesia July 1965
• Flag becomes official 19 August 1965; in disuse since dissolution of the Trust Territory in 1980

Serbia and Montenegro

• (as Yugoslavia) - adopted 27 April 1992, from older Serbian flag

South Vietnam

• Flag ordinance adopting Vietnamese flag

South Yemen

• Flag adopted 30 November 1967; in disuse since merger with North Yemen 22 May 1990

Soviet Union

• Flag adopted 1923, Country dissolved 26 December 1991

Yugoslavia

• Flag adopted 27 April 1992 based upon royal flags of Yugoslavia

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