Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Lithuania)
Flag of the Lithuanian SSR (1953–1988)
UseCivil and state flag, civil and state ensign Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagSmall vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flagSmall vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion1:2
Adopted15 July 1953
DesignA red flag with the golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with the white thin stripe and green thick band on the bottom.
Designed byAntanas Žmuidzinavičius
Reverse flag
UseReverse flag
Proportion1:2
The flag on a 1960 stamp marking the 20th anniversary of the Lithuanian SSR.

The flag of the Lithuanian SSR was first adopted by the Lithuanian SSR in 1918, which was a plain red flag. After the Lithuanian SSR was established again in 1940, the flag was a red flag with the national name and a hammer and sickle in the upper canton. The flag in use from 1953 to 1988 was a red flag with the golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with a white thin stripe and green thick band on the bottom.


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