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POLISH FLAG

The national flag of Poland is a horizontally split into white and red flag, the state flag used on formal occasions also shows the Polish national emblem in the center of the white stripe. The red color was introduced after the 1919 flag is not set initially. In 1921 by the Ministry of Military Affairs was published the brochure "emblem and flag of the Republic of Poland", was set in the purple. However, 1928 was the Polish president that Vermilion is the correct tone. This color was retained until 1980, before the Polish Parliament on the colors of the flag of the 31st January 1980 stipulated by the standards of the International Commission on Illumination to red.