Armenia: Historical flags before the Soviet era

Last modified: 2003-01-04 by ivan sache
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• Flag used between 1918 and 1921
• Flags used by Armenians in France in 1885

See also:

• Armenian SSR (USSR)
• Transcaucasian SFSR (USSR)
• Transcaucasian Federation

Flag used between 1918 and 1921

by António Martins

The flag of the short-lived Republic of Armenia (1918-1921) was horizontally divided red-blue-orange, with proportion 2:3. The same flag was reestablished in 1990, but with proportion 1:2.

Flag used by Armenians in France in 1885

by António Martins

The flag was designed by Father Ghevont Alishan.
It is quite clear that the red-green-blue should be vertical since it was inspired by the French Tricolore. In Crampton's book ([cra90]) where I first saw it, it was a picture of a miniature flag and the colors were vertically displayed. There was also the word ARMENIA written in white on it from lower hoist to upper fly, but it did not seem to be part of the flag.
I must add that I also saw those colours on a decorative licence plate: an unidentified badge on white, with vertical stripes on each side: blue-red-green and green-red-blue.

Luc Baronian, 5 June 1997