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 the Bosnian Kingdom possibly adopted during the reign of King Tvrtko I Kotromanić.
Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a white line in the center, included with 6 Bosnian lilies from the Kotromanić dynasty.
1618
Banner used to symbolize "Rama" at Ferdinand II's coronation as King of Hungary.
Swallow-tailed, reverse-side (obverse not recorded); an azure field with a coat of arms with a shield.
1760s
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.
Swallow-tailed; a green field with a white crescent and star pointing toward the hoist.
1831
Flag of the Bosnian Revolt by Husein Gradaščević in the 1830s to get autonomy from the Ottoman Empire.
A green field with a yellow crescent and star pointing away from the hoist.
Flag of Bosnia. In 1878 Bosnia existed briefly as an independent nation.[citation needed]
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.
1878–1908
Flag of the Austro-Hungarian-occupied Province of Bosnia
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).
1908
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina after Austro-Hungarian annexation.
A red and yellow horizontal bicolour.
1878-1918
Flag of Herzegovina, during the Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1940-1946
Flag of Bosnian-Herzegovinian Partisans
1946–1992
Flag of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina within Yugoslavia and party flag of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
