Paraguay
Adopted2013
Design classHorizontal Tricolor
RegionSouth America
Red, white and blue with arms on both faces.
History and symbolism
The tricolor of 1842 is unique in bearing different emblems on each face, the treasury arms on the reverse and the state arms of the liberty cap and lion on the front, restored in 2013.
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