A vertical tricolour of red (for the Bosnian Croats), white, and green (for the Bosniaks), with a coat of arms on the wide central band on which the green arms and golden fleur-de-lys represents the Bosniaks, and the checked shield the Bosnian Croats.
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina voted against the use of the current flag of the Federation declaring it unconstitutional.[1] On 31 March 2007, the Constitutional Court placed its decision into the "Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina" officially removing the flag and coat of arms of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]
A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white, very similar to the flag of the Misiones Province in Argentina, reversed flag of Russia, or the flag of Serbia without the Coat of Arms (with slightly differently coloured shades).
Flag of Western Herzegovina used by Bosniak landlords in border parts in southern and western Herzegovina. The flag was most commonly used in wars. It also accompanied Bosnian troops during the second siege of Hotin (Bukowina).
A green field with a white crescent and star pointing toward the hoist.
Very similar to the flag used by Husein Gradaščević's revolt of 1830: a green field with a yellow crescent and star facing away from the hoist, but with a more curved crescent, like a typical Islamic crescent moon symbol.
A red and yellow horizontal bicolour with a shield. The Province of Herzegovina used a similar flag but with the colors reversed (a yellow and red bicolour).
Very similar to Yugoslavia's old flag. A red field (symbolizing the socialism and communism in Yugoslavia at the time) with the Yugoslav flag in the canton.
A blue field with an outline of the map of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Second set of proposals
Flag
Date
Use
Description
Proposed, never used
First alternative in the second set of proposals.
A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 10 gold 5-pointed stars.
Proposed, never used
Second alternative in the second set of proposals.
A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of 12 gold 5-pointed stars.
Proposed, never used
Third alternative in the second set of proposals.
A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches.
Proposed, never used
Fourth alternative in the second set of proposals.
A red, white, and blue tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches.
Third set of proposals
Flag
Date
Use
Description
Proposed, used briefly in 1998
First alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals).
Identical to the national flag that was adopted, but with a field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses.
Proposed, never used
Second alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals).
A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with three gold and two white stripes, interleaved so as to form a rectangle in the centre.
Proposed, never used
Third alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals).
A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with five gold and five white stripes, interleaved so as to form a triangle in the centre.
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