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Historical flags of Lithuania by type of image (2 C) 1. Flags of Lithuania (1918–1940) (2 C, 32 F) ... Media in category "Historical flags of Lithuania" The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Flag of Prusia.jpg 605 × 800; 108 KB.
Each county of Lithuania has adopted a flag, each of them conforming to a pattern: a blue rectangle, with ten instances of the Cross of Vytis appearing in gold, acts as a fringe to the central feature of the flag, which is chosen by the county itself. Most of the central designs were adapted from the counties' coat of arms.
Wigand of Marburg’s chronicle reads that during the battle at Bayerburg Castle (near Veliuona) in 1337, Tilman Zumpach, commander of the riflemen of the Teutonic knights, burned a Lithuanian flag with a flaming lance. However, the story does not give any detailed description of the flag.
The flag used as the State flag in 1918–1940 was reintroduced as the State flag of the Republic of Lithuania in 1988 (on 7 October 1988 it was solemnly hoisted on the tower of Gediminas Castle). The State (national) flag is a piece of cloth consisting of three equal horizontal stripes: yellow (the upper), green (the middle), and red (the ...
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Category:1880s in Lithuania ... 1888 in Lithuania (3 C, 3 F) * 1880s maps of Lithuania (15 F) Media in category "Lithuania in the 1880s" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Ferdynand Ruszczyc - Krajobraz z mostka (1889).jpg 3,848 × 2,852; 1.72 MB.
Two flags were used during the period of Soviet occupation (1944–1988): immediately after the war, the flag consisted of a red field, golden hammer and sickle with the Latin characters LIETUVOS TSR (Lithuanian SSR in the Lithuanian language) above them in gold sans-serif lettering. [3]
