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The flag of Republika Srpska, also known as Republic of Srpska, within Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on 12 May 1992.
Description[]
The flag is a rectangular tricolour with three equal horizontal bands of red, blue and white (the Pan-Slavic colors. It is similar to the civil flag of Serbia. It is almost identical to the civil flag of Serbia, but with different aspect ratio of 1:2 instead of 2:3 and slightly different color shades.
Related Flags[]
- See also: Serbia
The Serb tricolor has been used as the basis for other flags, most notably as Serbia's national flag. Montenegro has also used the Serbian tricolor with varying shades of blue. Under SFR Yugoslavia, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro had flags of same design and colors. Montenegro changed its flag in 1993 by altering the proportion and shade of blue in its flag and used this flag until 2004.
The Serbian tricolor was also the basis for the flag of the Serb minority in Croatia. The Serbian tricolor defaced with a Serbian cross is used as the flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Flag Redesigns[]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina V • T
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