List of Bulgarian flags

The following is a list of the Flags of Bulgaria.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1879-present	National flag and Civil ensign	A horizontal tricolor of white, green and red.
	?-present	Hanging national flag	Vertical version of the tricolor.

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2005-present	Naval ensign	The old Naval ensign from 1991-2005 but the lion is in a small size and placed in a red background.
	1991-present	Naval Jack	A red cross and a green cross in a white background.
	1991-present	War flag	A green and red flag with the middle part of coat of arms.
	1991-2005	Naval ensign	The old Naval ensign from 1954-1990 but instead of the red stat is placed the Bulgarian lion used in the old monarchical naval ensigns.
	1971-1990	War flag	A red flag with the Bulgarian coat of arms from the communist time with the motto: "For the socialist motherland".
	1963-1990	Naval Jack	The old naval jack but in 1:2 Ratio.
	1955-1990	Naval ensign	A mostly white flag with green and red stripes at the bottom and a big red star in the top-left corner.
	1955-1963	Naval Jack	The old Naval Jack flag from 1949-1955 in 2:3 Ratio and without the lion.
	1949-1955	Naval Jack	A red square flag with a white outline of a star and the Bulgarian lion in the center.
	1949-1955	Naval ensign	The old Naval ensign flag but in bottom-left corner a red star in a white background and a modified lion.
	1908-1944	Minister of War	The Bulgarian flag with the lion on a red background in top-left corner and a green cross on a white background in bottom-left corner.
	1879-1949	Naval Jack	A square flag with a red and green cross in a white background.
	1879-1944	Naval ensign	The Bulgarian flag with a lion on a red background in top-left corner.

Historical Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	c. 1325	Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire	Flag according to Angelino Dalorto
	c. 1380	Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire	Flag according to Guillem Soler
	1879-1908[1]	Flag of Principality of Bulgaria	A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red
	1908-1946	Flag of Tsardom of Bulgaria
	1946-1948	Civil and State flag of People's Republic of Bulgaria[2]	A horizontal tricolor of white-green-red with the Bulgarian emblem in the top-left corner
	1948-1967
	1967-1971
	1971-1990

References

1. "Flag of Bulgaria". Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. "People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1967-1971". www.fotw.info.

See also

• Flag of Bulgaria
• Coat of arms of Bulgaria