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image by Jaume Ollé, 22 January 1998
image by Jaume Ollé, adapted by Jorge Candeias
The Royal Lao flag is a three headed elephant referred to as an Erawan. The
three headed elephant actually had the layered "umbrella" looking
object over it's heads as opposed to one on either side. I may be fuzzy in my
memory but that is what I recall. This depiction almost looks Hindu in nature.
Jim Spears, 07 September 1999
The royal flag of Laos was red with a large centered coat-of-arms covering most of the flag.
Source: Christian Fogd Pedersen - Flaggor i färg,
1973
Marcus Wendel, 15 September 1999
Editorial Note: The above is one rendition of the Royal flag and arms of
Laos. The current arms are located at:
http://www.columbia.edu/~rs392/laos_soulivong.html
A rendering of the Lao Royal flag used in the period of the Vietnam War, referenced by Sean Sammut and Jim Spears can be seen at http://www.angelfire.com/in/Laos/ (This is a large page).
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