List of Bulgarian flags

The following is a list of flags of Bulgaria.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
1878–present Physical National flag and Civil ensign A horizontal tricolor of white, green and red.
1879–present Wartime flag A horizontal tricolor of red, green and white.
Digital flag
1990-present Hanging national flag Vertical version of the tricolor.

Government flags

Standards of Royal Family

Flag Date Use Description
1937–1946 Standard of the Tsar

Military flags

Bulgarian Land Forces

Flag Date Use Description
1971-1990 War flag A red flag with the Bulgarian coat of arms from the communist

time with the motto: "For our socialist motherland".

1991–present A green and red flag with the middle part of coat of arms.

Bulgarian Navy

Republic of Bulgaria

Flag Date Use Description
1991–2005 Naval ensign The old Naval ensign from 1954-1990 but instead of the red stat is placed the Bulgarian lion used in the old monarchical naval ensigns.
2005–present The old Naval ensign from 1991-2005 but the lion is in a small size and placed in a red background.
1991–present Naval Jack A red cross and a green cross in a white background.
Coast guard ensign A green field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton.
Commander of the Navy A red field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton and three white 5-pointed stars in the top right, bottom left, and bottom right corners.
Deputy Commander of the Navy A red field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton and two white 5-pointed stars in the top and bottom right corners.
Commander of the Naval Base A red field with the naval ensign from 1991-2005 in the canton and a white 5-pointed star in the bottom right corner.

People's Republic of Bulgaria

Flag Date Use Description
1949-1955 Naval ensign The old Naval ensign flag but in bottom-left corner a red star in a white background and a modified lion.
1955-1990 A mostly white flag with green and red stripes at the bottom and a big red star in the top-left corner.
1949-1955 Naval Jack A red square flag with a white outline of a star and the Bulgarian lion in the center.
1955-1963 The old Naval Jack flag from 1949-1955 in 2:3 Ratio and without the lion.
1963-1990 The old naval jack but in 1:2 Ratio.
1908-1944 Minister of War The Bulgarian flag with the lion on a red background in top-left corner and a green saltire on a white background in bottom-left corner.

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Flag Date Use Description
1879-1944 Naval ensign The Bulgarian flag with a lion on a red background in top-left corner.
1879-1949 Naval Jack A square flag with a red and green cross in a white background.
1878-1944 Minister of War

Vexillology Association flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society

Political flags

Flag Date Party Description
Current
2014–present Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy
2014–present The Bulgarian Revival Political flag with the Bulgarian lion.
2006–present Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria
2005–present Attack
1991–present IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement
1991–present IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement Alternate flag with the coat of arms of the party
1999–present Bulgarian National Union National flag with Tamgha of the Dulo clan.
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
Former
1944-1947 Bulgarian Fatherland Front
1936-1944 Ratniks
1932-1944 Union of Bulgarian National Legions
1932-1934 Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party
1919-1990 Bulgarian Communist Party

Religious flags

Flag Date Party Description
?–present Flag of Bulgarian General Mufti

Ethnic groups flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Bulgarian Turks
Flag of the Pomaks Flag of former Republic of Tamrash
Flag of the Sarakatsani Flag of the Sarakatsani

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
c. 1325 Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire Flag according to Angelino Dalorto
c. 1380 Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire Flag according to Guillem Soler
14th century Flag of the Tsardom of Vidin
1878–1886 Flag of the Republic of Tamrash
1903 Flag of the Strandzha Commune
1879–1908[1] Flag of the Principality of Bulgaria A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red
1908–1946 Flag of the Tsardom of Bulgaria
1946–1947 Flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
1947–1948 Civil and State flag of the People's Republic of Bulgaria[2] A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner
1948–1968
1968–1971
1971–1990

Other

Flag Date Use Description
1862–1868 The standard of the Bulgarian Legion
1876 Flag used in April Uprising
red banner, on the far right yellow text reading "Awaken to liberation", in the middle a orange box with a black lion who has a red mane and above him is written in bent text "Macedonia" both quoted texts are in Bulgarian 1876 Flag used in Razlovci uprising
1877-1878 The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps
1877- The standard of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps Samara Flag

References

  1. ^ "Flag of Bulgaria". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ^ "People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1967-1971". www.fotw.info.

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