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3 August 1975 a leftist coup d’etat of Ali Soilih take the power.
New flag was adopted 12 November 1975. Was in use untill 13 May 1978.
Jaume Ollé, 30 Mar 1997
President Ahmed Abdallah was overthrown on 3 August by Ali Soilih, and a
new flag was adopted. The red colour more probably refers to the Socialist
orientation of the new President. Comoros were then a Democratic Republic.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
According to an article in The Flag Bulletin
[tfb] 174,
in 1975, the top two thirds of the flag became red, to
symbolism the Socialism of the regime. The positioning
of the crescent and stars was altered: the crescent now
faced the bottom left of the flag with the stars grouped
in a diamond between its horns.
Stuart Notholt, 22 May 1997
This design was adopted shortly after independence in 1975, the
symbolism is the same as in the former flag although one of the four
main islands, Mayotte, remained under French rule.
My source for this image is [ing79],
where the proportions are stated to be 5:7.
Vincent Morley, 29 Mar 1997
CHUWA party used a flag similar to the
1975 Comorian national flag (horizontally divided red-green, 2:1) but with
a thicker crescent and the four white stars placed vertically.
Ivan Sache, 18 Jul 2002
Most sources (Smith [smi76],
Lux-Wurm [lux01], a Comorian post stamp)
confirms the flag as red over green with the stars forming a
diamond. (Lux-Wurm, however, says the flag was 2:3, not 5:7.)
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
Calvarin [clv02] shows a weird flag,
which might be the one reported by Crampton
[cra90]. This flag is 5:7,
horizontally divided green over red (2:1), with a white crescent
poiting to the lower fly in canton and four white stars “inside” the
crescent, forming a square.
Ivan Sache, 20 Apr 2002
This discription contradicts
William Crampton [cra90];
it would appear that Mr Crampton has erred. We know from
other examples that this is not impossible.
Stuart Notholt, 22 May 1997