Guatemala - Historical Flags

Last modified: 2003-11-28 by dov gutterman
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• Overview
• 1823 - 1824 Flags
• 1825 Flag
• Republic of Los Altos (1838)
• 1843 Flags
• 1851 Flag
• 1858 Flag
• 1871 Flag
• Flags According to Steenbergen Book (1862)

See also:

• Guatemala
• Central America - Historical Unions and Federations

Other sites:

• Guatemala - Historical Flags (in Spanish from Ministery of Defence site)

Overview

I located <www.deguate.com>, in which we can find some historical flags of Guatemala including the legal sources in Spanish.The site includes:
1823 flag (United Provinces of Central America) - same as below
1825 flag (United Provinces of Central America) - same as below but in lighter blue shade.
1838 flag (State of Los Altos) which described below as VERTICAL, but appears as HORIZONTAL at the site. an horizontal variant appears at Quetzaltenango Department.
1851 flag - same as below
1858 flag - the 1:1:1:3:1:1:1 variant (which is probably the right one).
No mention of the 1843 flags  and 1871 flag , however according also to this site, the vertical bands flag was adopted on 17 August 1871, so maybe there is a mis