Banner o Hungary

The banner o Hungary is a tricolor wi horizontal baunds o reid, white an green. This form is the offeecial banner o Hungary syne 1957.

Accordin tae tradeetion, the horizontal tricolor wis adoptit during the Revolution o 1848. The reid seembolizes the strength, lealtie white an green hope.

Up tae 1945, coat o airms wi the ryal croun wis placed at the centre o the banner.

Durin the period o communism (1948-1956) a shield wi the reid starn wis placed at the centre o the banner. Durin the Hungarian Revolution o 1956 that wis cut frae the banner an the banner wi a hole in the middle became a seembol o rebellion.

Follaein the faw o the new govrenment an the restoration o the communist regime, the banner wis introduced a new seembol, but no in an offeecial manner.

The day the banner is whiles decoratit wi the coat o airms o Hungary in the historic center.

Gallery

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  Banner o Hungary, uised atween 1867–1918, while pairt o Austrick-Hungary.

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  Banner o Hungary, uised atween 1940–1946 wi the Hungarian coat o arms which wur re-adoptit for uise in Hungary's modren-day banner but in 1:2 size ratio.

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  Banner o Hungary, uised atween 1946–1949 an 1956–1957 wi the Kossuth coat o airms.

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  Banner o Hungary, uised atween 1949–1956, bearin the Communist Rákosi coat o airms.

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  This banner, frae which the Rákosi era coat o airms haes been cut oot, became the seembol o the Hungarian Revolution o 1956.

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  Banner o Hungary, uised atween 1957–1989 offeecially niver includit the Kádár era coat o airms; housomeivver, it wis aften depictit in this wey.

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  Staundart o the Regent, uised atween 1920–1944.

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  Staundart o the Preses