Flag of Schleswig-Holstein flag on 18 January 1957. The plain tricolour is the state's civil flag. Government authorities use the state flag ("Landesdienstflagge"), where the flag is defaced by the state coat of arms. The tricolour was previously used for the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein (1868-1946). It is almost identical to the flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia), as well as the flag of the Netherlands inverted. Flag of Schleswig-Holstein The flag of Schleswig-Holstein is a horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and red. Schleswig-Holstein is one of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy
Newfoundland Tricolour (SOSA). It is one of the very few and perhaps one of the oldest popularly recognized flags in the world to use the colour pink. However, the true Newfoundland tricolour flag is the red(at the hoist)-white(in the centre)-green(on the fly) flag of the Newfoundland Natives' Society which was founded in 1840 in St. John's. Historical evidence indicates that the "Pink, White and Green" flag first appeared in the 1880s to 1890s as the flag of the Roman Catholic fraternal group the Star of the Sea Association, which was formed in St. John's in 1871. It bears a strong resemblance to