List of Samoan flags

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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

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National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Samoa.svg 1962-PresentFlag of SamoaA 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

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of American Samoa.svg 1960-PresentFlag of American SamoaA 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

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Tongatapu (1858-1862).svg 1845-1858Flag of The Tuʻi Tonga Empire in SamoaA white field with 2 red crosses, 2 blue crosses and the letters and a blue M and a red A on the center.
Flag of Samoa (1858-1873) as reported in the Flags of Paradise chart.svg 1858-1861Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa A red field with a white crescent and a 5-pointed star. [7]
Flag of Tutuila (1872).svg 1872-1873Flag of The Kingdom of Samoaa 9 striped field (4 white stripes and 5 blue stripes) and 2 crescent moons with 4 5-pointed stars on the red canton.
Flag of Samoa (1873-1875).svg 1873-1875Flag of The Kingdom of Samoaa red field with a white 5-pointed star on the blue canton.
Flag of Samoa (1875-1879).svg 1875-1879Flag of The Kingdom of Samoaa 7 striped field (3 white stripes and 4 red stripes) and a 5-pointed star on the blue canton, Similar to The Flag of Liberia.
Flag of Samoa (1879).svg 1879-1886
1889-1900
Flag of The Kingdom of SamoaA red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton.
Flag of Tuiaana line 1873-1887 1889-1900.svg 1886-1887Flag of The Kingdom of SamoaA red field with centred black cross and a white 5-pointed star in the canton.
Flag of Tupua Tamasesse 1887-1889.svg 1887-1889Flag of The Kingdom of SamoaA white field with centred black cross and a red field with a white 5-pointed star in the canton.
Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg 1900-1908Flag 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.
Flag of Germany (1867-1918).svg 1900-1914Flag of The German Empire A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).
Reichskolonialflagge.svg 1900-1914Colonial Flag of The German EmpireA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Reichsadler in the center.
Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg 1908-1912Flag of The United StatesThirteen 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.
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg 1912-1959Flag of The United StatesThirteen 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.
Flag of Deutsch-Samoa.svg 1914Proposed 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.
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1914-1962Flag of The United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
Flag of New Zealand.svg 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]
Flag of the Samoa Trust Territory.svg 1920-1948Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory A Defaced Blue Ensign with The Badge of Samoa.
Flag of Samoa (1948-1949).svg 1948-1949Flag of The Western Samoa Trust TerritoryA red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars. [10]
Flag of Samoa.svg 1949-1962Flag of The Western Samoa Trust TerritoryA 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.
US flag 49 stars.svg 1959-1960Flag of The United StatesThirteen 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

References

  1. "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.
  2. "NEW FLAG FOR WESTERN SAMOA". Otago Daily Times . 26 February 1949. p. 9. Retrieved 29 August 2021 via Papers past.
  3. "Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994". PACLII. 28 July 1994. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994, section 5.
  5. Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994, section 7.
  6. "Vexilla Mundi". www.vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  7. "Samoa". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  8. "Flags | Ministry for Culture and Heritage". mch.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  9. "New Zealand". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  10. "Samoa - Historical flags". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.