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Zoltan Horvath, 21 July 2024
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President's Flag
The Presidential flag of Mozambique is a red field (2:3 proportion) with
the coat of arms centered and fimbriated in white. The interior part of
the arms shows a map of the country bordered by water (the Indian Ocean)
at the bottom. An open book symbolizes the desire to educate the people
of the nation. The rifle and hoe represent defense of the country and agriculture,
respectively. All of this is lightened by the sun - the dawn of a new day
for an independent Mozambique. This scene is framed by the cogwheel of
industry. The entire arms is surrounded on one side by sugarcane and the
other by corn sheaves. At the top is a red star for the spirit of the Mozambican
revolution while the lower red ribbon has the name of the nation inscribed
upon it."
Sources: Smith, Flags and Arms across the World (1980) [smi80] ; Talocci,
Guide
to the Flags of the World (1982 ed.) [tal82]; Crampton, The Complete Guide
to Flags (1989) [cra89].
I am not sure if the arms have changed since the flag was adopted around
25 June 1975 (when the 1975 flag was adopted).
Paige Herring, 07 May 1998.
President of the Republic. 3:4
Red flag with white disk containing the national coat of arms in the
middle. At one time the ratio was apparently changed
to 3:4, possibly at the same time when the inscription on the Coat of Arms was changed
in 1990 from "Republica Popular de Moçambique" to "Republica
de Moçambique".
Zeljko Heimer, 01 Jul 2002
image sent by Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 Nov 2019
This photograph showing the
Presidential flag of Mozambique was taken on 28 August 2019 and posted on
Facebook shows the coat of arms placed directly on the red field.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 06 Nov 2019
President's Flag - variant
image
by Petr Holas, 07 May 1998
This image is from Petr
Holas' site.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Feb 2002
Album des Pavillons shows a slightly
different image:
- Proportion 3:4
- Golden fringe
- Emblem smaller
- Scroll slightly different.
Ivan Sache, 21 Feb 2002