Flag of Poland

Flag of Republic of Poland

Proportion	5:8
Adopted	1 August 1919
(1928–1980)

The flag of Poland is a rectangular, divided into two stripes: white above red. It was created in its modern form in 1921. The colors white and red were earlier declared the official national colors in 1831 by the Polish Parliament in 1831.^[1]

For many centuries the Polish flag was a white eagle on a red background.

1. ↑ "Flag of Poland". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-02.