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The first proposal for a national flag of Bosnia and
Herzegovina was a threeband green, red, blue (green for the
muslim, red for the croatian people, and blue for the serbian
people).
Jaume Olle', 6 November 1996
I haven't heard of this one, even if it sounds logical and
might have been proposed. I don't know how official this proposal
was.
Zeljko Heimer, 7 November 1996
In "Vlaggen uit de hele Wereld"
(the Dutch edition of William Crampton's The World of Flags)
which was published in 1992 mentions that a horizontal tricolour
of green, red and blue was reported, but not adopted officially.
Mark Sensen, 22 December 1997
Do you mean a green-red-blue design for Bosnia? Both vertical
and horizontal designs of that colours (in various orders) where
mentioned here and there, but as far as I know none of them came
not even near to some official status. One green-red-blue
vertical design (with unequal stripes) was proposed by Serbs at
some point, but was not considered as serious (I posted it some
time ago). The only one that was near to serious consideration is
a "Czech" pattern design, but as it seems now it is
hardly to be accepted.
Zeljko Heimer, 22 December 1997
Flag seen in Spanish Television 10 September 1997, in an
information referred to Bihac. Apparent ratio 2:3 or nearby. Use
unknown. Is it the flag of the county of Bihac?
The light blue in the shadde of the flag, similar to the color of
the flag of the United Nations, would be a reminiscence of the
period in which the zone was under protection (little effective)
of the United Nations?
Jaume Olle', January 1998
I was told by Velid Jerlagic of Sarajevo that a very
similar flag (though, with "normal" blue field - see
below) was proposed as a flag for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991,
by some Serb party, but was rejected for the white one by SDA
(Alija Izetbegovic's Muslem party). I guess that this is not any
special flag, only a version of the current national flag
(home-made?).
I don't believe that this is the flag of Bihac nor Una-Sana
County (of which Bihac is capital). Una-Sana County has the coat
of arms that is heavily based on green with many islamic symbols.
I would rather expect that the flag would follow the line, but I
have no info on the flag yet.
Zeljko Heimer, 2 January 1998
This flag was proposed for Bosnia and Herzegovina flag by the SDA party (designed by a professional
team) in 1991. It was rejected by SDS representatives. Never
adopted.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
This flag was proposed for the flag of Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina after the first pluralistic elections. It was proposd
by BDU, the Bosnian Democratic Union, a party that stayed
insignificant till present day. Never adopted.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
Anes Sadikovic, 18 October 2000
There was one more proposal, and actually it was used by some
defenders of Sarajevo before the official
1992 flag was declared.
I draw the flag according to my memory, so I am not sure about
exact number of stripes, proportion or the size of fleur de
lis's.
Interesting, the flag had both leur de lis motive and pan-Slavic
WBR colors.
Anes Sadikovic, 18 October 2000