Poland - Historical flags since 1916

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• Polish State (November 1916)
• National flag on land (1919)
• Civil ensign (1919)
• War ensign (1919)
• Presidential Standard (1919)
• Coat of Arms (1919)

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Polish State (November 1916)

With the German occupation of Poland (1915-1916), Marshall Hindenburg entered Warsaw in summer 1916 and later the German forces entered Galitzia. The Polish legions went over to the Germans and the Czar hastened to grant autonomy to the ancient Kingdom. Germany answered by proclaiming the independence of Poland from Russia, but not determining what kind of government had to take over the new country, that remained under a military occupation regime. Anyway, it was clear that the new Poland could only encompass the Russian territories, and perhaps the Austrian Galitzia, but it would not affect the Polish territories under Prussian administration.

Polish Kingdom (1917)
After some months the central powers agreed to create a Kingdom of Poland and in September 1917 it was constituted a regency headed by the archbishop of Warsaw Mgr A. Kakowski, the mayor of the capital, prince Lubomirski, and Joseph Von Ostrowski. It was also appointed a cabinet with limited powers for the country's civil administration, chaired by J.
Kucharzewski, substituted in spring 1918 by Steczkowski, after the peace treaty of the central Powers with Ukraine assigned to this country the district of Kholm, that