Flags of the world in 1914

About these flags

The sovereign states of July 1914, before the First World War, with the flag they used then. No dominions or colonies. Some are approximate:

• Austria-Hungary: Austria-Hungary had no common national flag: this is its civil and merchant flag (1869-1918).
• Russian Empire: The white, blue and red tricolour was the national flag from 1896; the black, yellow and white imperial flag was also used.
• Spain: The red and yellow flag of the time without the coat of arms (the state version carried it).
• Liechtenstein: Red and blue, the principality's colours before 1921; there are few sources on how they were arranged then.
• Greece: The land flag (white cross on blue); the striped flag was used at sea.
• Mexico: The 1893-1916 version; during the Revolution each side drew the eagle differently.
• Guatemala: The 1871 design; the coat of arms was redrawn in 1968.
• Nicaragua: The 1908 design; the coat of arms was retouched in 1971.
• Dominican Republic: The 1844 design; today's coat of arms is a later drawing.
• Paraguay: The 1842 design; the emblems were redrawn in 2013.
• Ethiopian Empire: The tricolour with the Lion of Judah, the imperial version; the plain tricolour was also used.

Drawings from Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain except: Kingdom of Serbia (Guilherme Paula, CC BY-SA 3.0) · Nepal (Germenfer, CC BY-SA 3.0)

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