Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Socialist Yugoslavia)

Last modified: 2006-07-22 by ivan sache
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Flag of Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 July 2006

• Flag of Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Unofficial variant of the flag
• Coat of arms of Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also:

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

flag of Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 flag without historical precedence.

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.
Before the flag was adopted, a red flag with a yellow bordered red star in the middle was sometimes attributed to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Željko Heimer, 14 July 2006

Unofficial variant of the flag

Variant of the flag - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 July 2006

The flag in real use had, not unusually, a much bigger canton, and most often, the Yugoslav flag was in a "free canton", that is offset from the edges and bordered in white.

Željko Heimer, 14 July 2006

Coat of arms of Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina

Coat of arms of Socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina - Image by Željko Heimer, 4 October 2004

The coat of arms od Bosnia and Herzegovinablazons 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