Historical flags of Argentina

Last modified: 2008-05-31 by francisco gregoric
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• Pre 1941 state flag

• Argentine historical military flags (incl. Andes army, 1817-1820)
• Original Cabot flag
• Independentist flags in La Plata region (Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: 1810-1825)
• Historical 1813 flag of Jujuy
• Historical flags of C�rdoba Province
• Historical flags of Salta Province
• Historical flags of Tucum�n Province
• Historical flags of Facundo Quiroga (1826-1833)
• Kingdom of Araucan�a and Patagonia (1860)
• Argentina

• Jaume Oll�s pages about Historical flags of Argentina:
  • Pre-independence flags: part 1 and part 2
  • Independence era flags: part 1 and part 2
  • 1818-1829
  • 1829-1862
  • 1862-1964

Pre 1941 state flag

1913: In the state ensign the sun is only as tall as the white stripe, and it is closer to the hoist.
1941: Same as today.
Nathan Augustine, 05 Dec 1995

Does this mean that once the sun was not �only as tall as the white stripe�, i.e., it was wider? Because the current flag has the sun definitely slightly smaller than the white stripe...
Ant�nio Martins, 14 May 1999

In Meyers Konversations-Lexikon [mkl97], there is a plate with flags of the states, and accompanying it a list with descriptions of flags (in German): �Republic of Argentina: Blue-white-blue horizontal. The white has a golden sun in first third of the white stripe.�
Željko Heimer, 16 Sep 1996

On an 1864 flag chart, Argentina however is shown with a (very) offset "sun of May".
Santiago Dotor, 29 Dec 1999

The argentine state ensign had an off set sun in 1913-1941. Both references are older (1897 and 1864), but perhaps this flag goes back several years as a variant or with other meaning (merchant ensign?).
Ant�nio Martins, 31 Dec 1999

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