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Europe

Czech Republic

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: March 30, 1920 Usage: National and Civil

The blue triangle
was added to White and red are
distinguish the flag the heraldic colors
from that of Poland of Bohemia (any
similarity to the
pan-Slavic colors
is coincidental)

Blue represents the
state of Moravia

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!USTRIA 3L 3LOVAKIA Czechoslovakia. The states separated in 1993.
The first flag of Czechoslovakia was THE NEW CZECH REPUBLIC
based on the arms, and was white When the Czech Republic and
over red. This was identical to the Slovakia separated in 1993, the
flag of Poland, so a blue triangle was Czechs decided to keep their
added at the hoist. The flag was existing flag, recalling the two
banned by the Nazis in 1938 and a principal parts of the country.
horizontal tricolor of white, red, and The greater coat of arms depicts
blue was enforced. The original flag a quartered shield reflecting the
was restored in 1949. regions of the Czech Republic.

GREATER ARMS OF
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
The red and white eagle
The white lion on a red on a blue field is from
field is the traditional the arms of Moravia
emblem of Bohemia

The black eagle on a The Bohemian arms are
yellow field is taken from repeated to fill the shield
the arms of Silesia

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