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Vexillology - The Study of Flags

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I recently received this flag as a gift but I am completely stumped as to what it is (the person who gifted it to me does not know either). The flag appears to be from this eBay listing and is simply labeled as F-1936-B. I have tried reverse image searching and searching for terms such as "white stripe USSR flag" but have found nothing.

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[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago

It looks like a variation of the 1936 USSR flag. The F is for enumerating, 1936 is when it was adopted, B means the variation (A is the official 1936 Soviet flag)

However, I couldn't find it on the internet

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago

It's the real flag of Austria, the one they don't want you to see.

[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] mangocrusader@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Second this, it was the best match I could find as well.

Maybe it’s sun faded? Otherwise it may just be an alternate color scheme I suppose.

[–] Xillionaire@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago

The flag of the Kazakh SSR seems to use a different version of the hammer and sickle and the blue stripe appears to be slightly thicker than the red below it unlike this unknown flag where the white stripe and the red below it are the same thickness. Plus the eBay listing is for various historical flags of the Soviet Union so a flag of a specific SSR would be out of place.

This seems to be some variant of military flag, since only there the H&S could be white, compare with naval jack or the famous victory flag. The design of H&S is also from the time of great build up of Red Army in 30's and 40's