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Burma: historical flags

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A History of Burmese Flags

 The history of Burmese flags is interesting, but not yet fully investigated. So I send you a list of my knowledge on this topic. After a look at the CISV archives I got the following for the period till 1945.

Pier Paolo Lugli, 30 March 1998, augmented by Dov Gutterman, 30 July 2000

1300 - 1500 Golden "Hintar" flag

[1500 Golden Horde flag] by Pascal Gross

Based on a source at http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar/admin.htm. The early Mons hoisted this flag of the golden Hinthar on a green background.

1300-1885: Thu Ye Gyee flag (Hero's flag)

[Thu Ye Gyee flag] 2:7, by Andy Weir

This could be the first military flag of Myanmar. It is not a rectangular flag. A yellow circle on red, and 3 pointed strips to the edge. Original size was 6'x14'. The yellow circle represents the sun, and 7 animals in 7 colors for the 7 most powerful animals of the universe. These a