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A blue square field with one white star in each
corner, representing the Supreme Commander, and a
centered shield in the form of the national flag
(shield outlined in gold; upper part blue with a
white star; lower part, eleven vertical alternating
red and white stripes). «Whether this is actually
in use is in doubt, in view of the civil war in
Liberia since 1990.» (Sources:
[udk97],
[pay] and
[smi80])
Ivan Sache, 01 Jun 1999
Since the Liberia flag is influenced by the
US flag, then I guess that this flag was influenced
by the former flag of the US President
(blue rectangle, US coat of arms in centre, four white stars in the
corner.)
Zachary Harden, 07 Jul 2003
One interesting fact is that the shield violates the rules of
heraldry by having an odd number of red
stripes, thus placing a blue chief (color) on a red shield (also color).
The US solves this by changing the stripes to
seven white, six red.
Nathan Lamm, 07 Jul 2003
This flag came into use after WWII, as the first mention that I am aware of
is in [smi75c]. Possibly it is from 1965 as
are the provincial flags, introduced by president Tubman.
Also, possibly that the flag was abandoned with his era, too? Do we have any
“modern” confirmation of this flag?
Željko Heimer, 09 May 2002
President Tubman died and was succeeded by President Tolbert,
who was overthrown and killed in a military coup in April 1980.
John Ayer, 09 May 2002
Different sources from different dates show different liberian presidential
flags. I don’t suppose that we will be able to trace exact dates of the changes
of these.
Željko Heimer, 09 May 2002
German TV reported today (ZDF, heute-Journal, 21.45-22.00) on
Liberian president Charles Taylor, his imminent abdication etc. The
presidential flag was shown several times (behind Taylor together with
the national flag; as car flag together with the national flag).
Although it was not totally unfurled, it didn’t look like the
flag above. Instead of the shield in the form of the national flag it
obviously showed the coat-of-arms in the center (plus the four stars
in the corners).
Marcus Schmöger, 06 Jul 2003
Admirality 1955 book [hms55] shows 2:3
presidential flag with shield as in Album 2000
[pay00], but without the four stars.
Željko Heimer, 11 May 2002, quoting Jaume Ollé
Flaggenbuch (1939-1941) [neu92]
has flag that is virtually the same as the latter
flag of military authorities, 2:3 blue flag with
pally shield and star. The minor difference (black line aournd the shield,
size of the charges) are probably of no significance.
Željko Heimer, 09 May 2002
National Geographic Magazine (1917.10)
[gmc17] has a variation of
this that is square with yet different artistic
rendition of the shield.
Željko Heimer, 09 May 2002
This flag has the number 765 in the flag number of National Geographic
Magazine (1917.10) [gmc17].
Željko Heimer, 10 May 2002