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![[Bosnian yugoslav flag of 1946]](../images/b/ba-46.gif)
People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Velid-aga Jerlagic
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Above is the flag of People's Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina in 1946, when was part of Democratic Federative
Yugoslavia.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
![[Bosnian arms in Yugoslavia]](../images/b/ba)46.gif)
image by Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
This is the coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bosnia
and Herzegovina in 1946.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
image by Željko Heimer
image by Željko Heimer
Adopted: 1963 (?).Abandoned: 1990. The leading (and only)
party of the socialist Bosnia and Herzegovina within Yugoslavia
was member of Yugoslav Leage of Communists, and the pattern of
the flag followed - the only sdifference being the small initials
below the star. In theory the flag with inscriptions in any
language of the peoples living in B&H could be used, though
in practice only two were used - in "Serbo-Croatian",
either in latin or cyrillic script.
Željko Heimer
![[Bosnian partisans (1944)]](../images/b/ba-44.gif)
image by Velid-aga Jerlagic
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina used by NOV i POJ (People's
Liberation Army and Partisan Units of Yugoslavia) in 1944, when
Yugoslavia was virtually the "Democratic Federative
Yugoslavia".
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
![[Bosnia in Yugoslavia - variation]](../images/b/ba!47.gif)
image by Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
Proposal for the flag of People's Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina in 1947, but never adopted, even if sometimes seen as
official. It was just a variation on the existing flag. This flag
is printed in Whintey Smith's book "Flags and Arms of the
World", 1979.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 13 April 1998
image by Josep M. Palau, 2 January 2000
I found this flag for Bosnia in a book, just after they got
their independence. I assume that the image on them is a variant
from the coat of arms. I would like anyone to confirm me if these
flags were correct.
Josep M. Palau, 2 January 2000
I can't say that I have ever seen such flag nor anything even
remotely resembeling it. I would guess, without any further
evidence, that it is a fruitful fancy of the book publisher who
had no info on the new flag at the time. In any case, they were
never official, that is for sure.
(I assume that we are talking about 1990's, and not the 1940's
here - if they are from just after the WWII - wouldn't they
represent some "proposal" that did not catch.
Željko Heimer, 5 January 2000
The plain red field was actually used from 1947 to 1990 in
combination with Yugoslav flag in upper left canton, but this
flag is a combination of the official "socialist" flag
and "the inside" of the CoA... You can recognize the
chimneys and silhouette of Jajce in the background...
IMHO, this flag is just a fantasy of a book publisher, just as
Željko said - I agree with him totally.
Velid-aga Jerlagic, 5 January 2000
If by this comment you want to suggest that these indeed may
be 1946 "proposals" (or even something more then
proposal), I am inclined to write down several more lines why I
am extremly "sceptical" about those.
The coat of arms of People's Republics of Macedonia and B&H
were adopted (as far as I know) at the same time as the well
known socialist flags. As far as I am aware, the COAs were not
"known" before adoption, so, there would be little
possiblity that someone used them as "prototypes" for
flags.
In early post-WWII days, if there was need for flags of the
federal units (they were not yet officially republics then), it
was most usually pure red flag with large red star in the middle
(outlined
gold or white) that was used for B&H, and possibly also for
Macedonia. However, they were, I guess, more considered as
"fill-in" designs and decorations, then real
"state" flags. Also, it would be, I believe, not easy
to demonstrate that such flags were indeed to represent the
federal units in question (they might be considered to represent
the Communist party, for example).
Željko Heimer, 5 January 2000
image by Jaume Olle' and Željko Heimer
The flag of the Olympic Games in Sarajevo '84 is white with
red emblem consisting of olympic rings and four-sided snow-flake.
Flags in other colours were used for ornamental purposes, but
this seems to be official version.
Željko Heimer
Today I photographed the banner
of today's ZOI'84 Olympic Centre Sarajevo. ZOI'84 Olympic Centre
Sarajevo is the legal successor of the Organization Committee of
the XIV Winter Olympic Games with all its sport and leisure
facilities.
It's a orange flag with olympic rings and four-sided snow-flake
Above there is an inscription "ZOI'84 - OCS", and below
there is an inscription "SARAJEVO'84".
Official site of Olympic Centre Sarajevo at <www.zoi84.ba>.
Aleksandar Nemet, 25 June 2009
