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

National Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
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
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
1858-1873Flag of The Kingdom of SamoaA red field with a white crescent and a 5-pointed star.[7]
1875-1886
1889-1900		Flag of The Kingdom of SamoaA red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton.
1886-1887Flag of The Kingdom of SamoaA red field with centred black cross and a white 5-pointed star in the canton.
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.
1900-1908Flag of The United StatesThirteen 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.
1900-1914Flag of The German EmpireA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom).
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.
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.
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.
1914Proposed Flag of German SamoaA tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Emblem of Samoa in the center.
1914-1962Flag of The United KingdomA superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1914-1962Flag of New ZealandA defaced Blue Ensign with four red stars with white borders to the right, representing the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross.[8][9]
1920-1948Flag of The Western Samoa Trust TerritoryA Defaced Blue Ensign with The Badge of Samoa.
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]
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.
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

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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.
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