Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socialist Yugoslavia)

Last modified: 2004-11-13 by ivan sache
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by Željko Heimer

• Description of the flag
• Unofficial variant
• Coat of arms

See also:

• Socialist Yugoslavia
• Republics in Socialist Yugoslavia
• Bosnia & Herzegovina

Description of the flag

Bosnia and Herzegovina (People's Republic of, Narodna Republika Bosna i Hercegovina until 1963; then Socialist Republic, Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, until 1991), had a most complicated flag, since there was no historical flag for it.

The flag was red with a small, yellow fimbrated Yugoslav flag in canton. The flag in canton was very small, less than 1/4 of length. Red stood for comunism. The flag was officially adopted on 31 December 1946.

Željko Heimer, 1 April 1996

Unofficial variant

by Željko Heimer

The flag in the actual use had, not unusually, a much bigger canton, and most often, the Yugoslav flag was in a "free canton", i.e. had a wide red outline on all sides.

Željko Heimer, 1 April 1996

Coat of arms

by Željko Heimer

The coat of arms blazons as:

Behind two garbs of wheat, two smoking chimneys in front of a cog wheel, surrounded by a wreath with a red ribbon. Yellow bordered red star in chief.

Željko Heimer, 4 October 2004