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![[1963 Comoros flag]](../images/k/km_1963.gif)
In 1963, a flag was adopted for local use. It was green with a white
crescent placed in canton and four white stars placed in an ascending diagonal.
The flag was designed by the heraldist Suzanne Gauthier (who also designed the
coat of arms of the TAAF), and had proportion 5:7.
(Source: [clv02])
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
According to an article in The Flag Bulletin
[tfb] 174,
from 1963 until 1975 the flag was green with a
white crescent in the top hoist, facing the fly.
Four white stars were placed diagonally across the
flag, from bottom left to top right.
Stuart Notholt, 22 May 1997
A proposal for independent Comoros, from
[smi75b]:
Green field. White crescent at upper hoist. Four white 5-pointed
stars in diagonal from lower hoist to upper fly, pointing to upper fly.
Smith gives no more information about the real use of this flag.
Ivan Sache, 27 Mar 1998
Adopted 13 July 1963. Was used after the independence 6 July 1975.
Jaume Ollé, 30 Mar 1997
I think this flag was used when the Comoros were French autonomous region and also during 1975 (between self-proclaimed indep