Paraguayan national flag: version of 1956-1988

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image by Željko Heimer, 20 October 2017

• About the flag
• Reverse
• Decree 26506 (April 30th, 1957)

See also:

• History of the paraguayan national flag

External links:

• Decree 26506 of April 30th, 1957: browsable online transcription and its original MSWord (!) document (no pictures)
  reported by Brendan Hennessy, 18 April 2014, and Zachary Harden, 14 March 2016

About the flag

The new specifications were a part of Decree 26506, issued on 30 April 1957. The ratio at this time wasn’t 1:2 but 500:270 [270:500].
Brendan Hennessy, 18 April 2014

Well, 1957 is slightly odd, in that [before 1957] [kan56] already shows it in 1:2. Was this a long foreseen change? Or a formalisation of what was already done in practice, maybe?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 18 April 2014

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image by Željko Heimer, 20 October 2017

Decree 26506 (April 30th, 1957)

Artículo 7.° El Pabellón Nacional se debe ajustar a las siguientes medidas: cinco (5) metros de largo por dos metros setenta (2.70) centímetros de ancho, debiendo el ancho de cada una de las franjas horizontales ser noventa (90) centímetros de extensión. El diámetro de los escudos será de treinta (30) centímetros. Estas medidas no son obligatorios para los ciudadanos particulares, pero en toda ampliación o reducción se cuidará de guardar las medidas proporcionales correspondientes.

Article 7th The national flag should be set to the following measurements: five (5) meters long by two point seventy (2.70) meters wide , having the width of each of the horizontal strips be ninety (90) centimeters long. The diameter of the seals shall be thirty (30) centimeters. These measures are not mandatory for private citizens, but in any enlargement or reduction [in size of the flag] will take care to keep the overall proportions the same.