Flags whose reverse differs from the obverse

Flags whose reverse differs from the obverse

This article concerns national, sub-national and historical flags whose reverse, is or was, at some point of their history, different from the obverse.

Moldova

Paraguay

Russia

Mari El

Soviet Union

United States

Alabama (1861)

Massachusetts (1908–1971)

Oregon

ee also

* Flag terminology
* Vexillology


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