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Historical flags of Lithuania by type of image (2 C) 1. Flags of Lithuania (1918–1940) (2 C, 32 F) Flags of Lithuania (1988–2004) (1 C, 2 F) C. Flags of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (4 C, 36 F) F. Flags of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (4 C, 19 F) L.
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.
Photographs of flags of Lithuania by country (15 C) Media in category "Photographs of the national flag of Lithuania" The following 47 files are in this category, out of 47 total.
From then until 1795 (when the remnants of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were absorbed by Russia), the white "Vytis" in the red field was the official Lithuanian state flag. The "towers of Gediminas" remained in the Lithuanian coat-of-arms.
The national flag of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos vėliava) consists of a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green, and red. It was adopted on 25 April 1918 during Lithuania's first period of independence (1918–1940), which ceased with the occupation first by the Soviet Union, and then by Nazi Germany (1941–1944).
The earliest picture of the Lithuanian flag has been found in the History of Hussite Wars completed in 1443. The illustration was made by Diebold Lauber of Hagenau. This is the only original source of the first half of the 15th century depicting the flag of a Lithuanian duke featuring a knight.
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 ...
