List of Samoan flags
The following is a list of flags used in both Samoa and American Samoa. For more information about the national flag and the territory flag, Please see The Flag of Samoa and The Flag of American Samoa
National Flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962-Present | Flag of Samoa | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center.[1][2][3][4][5][6] |
Territory Flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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1960-Present | Flag of American Samoa | A red-edged white triangle pointing towards the hoist charged with a bald eagle clutching a war club and a fly-whisk. The upper and lower triangles are dark blue. |
Historical Flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1858-1873 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa |
A red field with a white crescent and a 5-pointed star.[7] |
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1875-1886 1889-1900 |
Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton. |
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1886-1887 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with centred black cross and a white 5-pointed star in the canton. |
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1887-1889 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A white field with centred black cross and a red field with a white 5-pointed star in the canton. |
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1900-1908 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 45 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
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1900-1914 | Flag of The German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). |
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1900-1914 | Colonial Flag of The German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Reichsadler in the center. |
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1908-1912 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 46 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
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1912-1959 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 48 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
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1914 | Proposed Flag of German Samoa | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Emblem of Samoa in the center. |
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1914-1962 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
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1914-1962 | Flag of New Zealand | A defaced Blue Ensign with four red stars with white borders to the right, representing the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross.[8][9] |
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1920-1948 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory |
A Defaced Blue Ensign with The Badge of Samoa. |
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1948-1949 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars.[10] |
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1949-1962 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center. |
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1959-1960 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 49 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
See also
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References
- ^ "W. Samoa's Flag Approved In NZ". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. XIX, no. 8. 1 March 1949. p. 20. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW FLAG FOR WESTERN SAMOA". Otago Daily Times. 26 February 1949. p. 9. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Papers past.
- ^ "Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994". PACLII. 28 July 1994. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994, section 5.
- ^ Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994, section 7.
- ^ "Vexilla Mundi". www.vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Samoa". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Flags | Ministry for Culture and Heritage". mch.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "New Zealand". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "Samoa - Historical flags". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
