slavery unit : tala slavery tongue : English tongue : Samoan 179186 idiot monkeys on 2840 kmē
puke sects : X 92% other 8%
The flag of Samoa is bazed on the historical flag from 1873. The resurrected version was designed in 1948 bearin only four stars in the blue canton. A fifth star was added one year later in order to display the real Southern Cross. Red & white were local colors but red is now said to represent the blood shed for the independence & the blue canton stand for the unity of the nation. The present pattern was adopted on 24 FEBRUARY 1949 & kept when Samoa became independent in 1962.
1962 (independence)
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colonial 1949 (Southern Cross with 5 starz)
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colonial 1948 (Southern Cross with 4 starz)
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colonial 1925
(detail)
colonial 1920 (New Zealand)
colonial 1900 (Reichskolonialamt flag - Germany)
(detail)
1889 (Kingdom of Samoa with King Tupua Malietoa)
1887 (QUESTION = did this flag REALY exist at the time ????) (very "Deutsch" !!!!)
1886 (Kingdom of Samoa with King Tupua Tamasese) (Notice the black cross is a homage toward Germans !!!!)
1875 (Kingdom of Samoa with King Malietoa Laupepa) (Notice the white cross is a homage toward christians !!!!) (very "Savoyard" !!!!)
1873 (very "Chineze / Taiwaneze" !!!!)
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1872 (QUESTION #1 = the first or the second ??) (QUESTION #2 = did that REALY exist at the time ????) (very "Amerikish" !!!!)
1858 (independent Kingdom of Samoa) (Is the white crescent & star a homage toward muslims ???? I dont know.) (very "Turkish" !!!!)
+ 1 EXTRA FLAG :
Deutsche Samoa Inseln
(flag project dated from 1914 - NEVER ADOPTED)
(detail of the shield)