List of Samoan flags

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Template:SHORTDESC: 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 Flag of Samoa and Flag of American Samoa.

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
File:Flag of Samoa.svg 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 a smaller star in the center[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Territory flag

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Flag Date Use Description
File:Flag of American Samoa.svg 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

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Flag Date Use Description
File:Flag of Tongatapu (1858-1862).svg 1845–1858 Flag of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire in Samoa A white field with two red crosses, two blue crosses and a blue "M" and a red "A" in the center
File:Flag of Samoa (1858-1873) as reported in the Flags of Paradise chart.svg 1858–1861 Flag of the Kingdom of Samoa A red field with a white crescent and a five-pointed star[7]
File:Flag of Tutuila (1872).svg 1872–1873 Flag of the Kingdom of Samoa A nine-striped field (four white stripes and five blue stripes) and two crescent moons with four five-pointed stars on the red canton
File:Flag of Samoa (1873-1875).svg 1873–1875 Flag of the Kingdom of Samoa A red field with a white five-pointed star on the blue canton
File:Flag of Samoa (1875-1879).svg 1875–1879 Flag of the Kingdom of Samoa A seven-striped field (three white stripes and four red stripes) and a five-pointed star on the blue canton, similar to the Flag of Liberia
File:Flag of Samoa (1879).svg 1879–1886
1889–1900		 Flag of the Kingdom of Samoa A red field with centred white cross and a five-pointed star in the canton
File:Flag of Tuiaana line 1873-1887 1889-1900.svg 1886–1887 Flag of the Kingdom of Samoa A red field with centred black cross and a white five-pointed star in the canton
File:Flag of Tupua Tamasesse 1887-1889.svg 1887–1889 Flag of the Kingdom of Samoa A white field with centred black cross and a red field with a white five-pointed star in the canton
File:Flag of the United States (1896–1908).svg 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
File:Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg 1900–1914 Flag of the German Empire A tricolour made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
File:Reichskolonialflagge.svg 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
File:Flag of the United States (1908–1912).svg 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
File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg 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
File:Flag of Deutsch-Samoa.svg 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
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1914–1962 Flag of the United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland, with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland)
File: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]
File:Flag of the Samoa Trust Territory.svg 1920–1948 Flag of the Western Samoa Trust Territory A defaced Blue Ensign with the badge of Samoa
File:Flag of Samoa (1948-1949).svg 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]
File:Flag of Samoa.svg 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 a smaller star in the center
File:US flag 49 stars.svg 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

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  4. ^ Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994, section 5.
  5. ^ Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994, section 7.
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