Star Emblem Flags

19 flags in the star emblem design class, listed alphabetically.

Aruba

Star EmblemNorth AmericaAdopted 1976

A red four pointed star edged in white rises above two narrow yellow stripes on light blue. The star stands for the island, its...

Burundi

Star EmblemAfricaAdopted 1982

A white diagonal cross divides red and green quarters, with three stars in a circle for the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa peoples and the...

Cabo Verde

Star EmblemAfricaAdopted 1992

An unequal band of white and red crosses the blue field beneath a circle of ten golden stars, one for each island. The blue...

Chile

Star EmblemSouth AmericaAdopted 1817

Known as La Estrella Solitaria, the flag shows a white star on a blue canton beside white and red bands. The star is held to...

China

Star EmblemAsiaAdopted 1949

The red field bears one large and four small yellow stars, the large star for the Communist Party and the smaller ones for the...

Curacao

Star EmblemNorth AmericaAdopted 1984

A yellow stripe of sunshine crosses the blue of sea and sky below two white stars for Curacao and Klein Curacao, their five...

Honduras

Star EmblemNorth AmericaAdopted 1866

Blue stripes for the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea frame a white band bearing five blue stars for the five nations of the...

Israel

Star EmblemAsiaAdopted 1948

A blue six pointed shield of David sits between two blue stripes on white, drawn from the prayer shawl. Adopted at independence...

Liberia

Star EmblemAfricaAdopted 1847

Eleven stripes honor the eleven signers of the declaration of independence, around a blue canton bearing a single white star, the...

Micronesia

Star EmblemOceaniaAdopted 1978

Four white stars on a field of light blue mark the states of the federation in the Caroline Islands. The light blue recalls the...

Morocco

Star EmblemAfricaAdopted 1915

The red banner of the Alaouite dynasty bears the green interlaced pentagram known as the seal of Solomon, added in 1915. Red and...

Nauru

Star EmblemOceaniaAdopted 1968

A thin gold stripe crosses the blue of the Pacific, for the equator, with a white twelve pointed star below it at the hoist...

North Korea

Star EmblemAsiaAdopted 1948

A wide red panel edged in white and blue bears a red five pointed star within a white disk near the hoist. The flag was adopted...

Samoa

Star EmblemOceaniaAdopted 1949

The blue canton of freedom bears the five white stars of the Southern Cross on a red field of courage. First flown in 1948 with...

Sao Tome and Principe

Star EmblemAfricaAdopted 1975

A red triangle at the hoist joins green and yellow bands of vegetation and cocoa, crossed by two black stars for the two islands...

Somalia

Star EmblemAfricaAdopted 1954

The five pointed star of unity points to the five regions where Somali peoples live, on a blue field first raised by the trust...

Suriname

Star EmblemSouth AmericaAdopted 1975

Green and white bands of hope and justice frame a broad red stripe of progress bearing a gold star of sacrifice and a golden...

United States

Star EmblemNorth AmericaAdopted 1960

Thirteen stripes honor the founding colonies around a canton of 50 stars, one for each state, grown from the 13 of the first flag...

Vietnam

Star EmblemAsiaAdopted 1955

The red field bears a large gold star whose five points stand for intellectuals, peasants, workers, traders and soldiers. First...