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Kuwait: History of the flag

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Before 1899, the flag is supposed to be a plain red flag.
All the drawings are made in the reversed form (hoist to the right of the observer) because the Arabic word "Kuwait" shall be read this way.
The main source is an article in the Flag Bulletin [tfb], as well as other vexillological bulletins or newsletters.

Jaume Ollé, 7 June 1997

1899-1909 flag

[Flag of 1899-1909]by Jaume Ollé

1909-1915 flag

[Flag of 1909-1915]by Jaume Ollé

1915-1956 flag

[Flag of 1915-1956]by Jaume Ollé

Variant

[Flag of 1915-1956, variant]by Jaume Ollé

1956-1961 flag

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