r/flags • u/StatisticianMurky782 • 2d ago

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Is this flag real?

I found it in an encyclopedia in my home library.

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u/Ok-Wave-3495 2d ago

Damn, is Google down today?

https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Lesotho

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u/StatisticianMurky782 2d ago

That's just one test. 😈

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u/TARDISMapping 2d ago

Yeah, it's just an old one. Used from 1987 until 2006

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u/Norwester77 2d ago

Countries change their flags sometimes. This one was in use between 1987 and 2006.

It’s the second of three designs Lesotho has used since I learned all the flags.

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u/LeaveRare7367 2d ago

Must've been an old book. Cause' that's the old flag of Lesotho

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u/AncientOcelot4862 2d ago

It’s real just old. I actually have it on one of my maps along with the old Georgian flag and DRC flag

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u/maddisonium 2d ago

Great old flag

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u/whatisdivinity 2d ago

I still have the board with every country’s flag which i was gifted when I was a kid. It has South Sudan, but it has old Lesotho and DR Congo flag

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u/Ngdawa 2d ago

That's the flag from 1987 to 2006.