This flag is a former version of Paraguay.
First Paraguayan flag raised
A blue flag with a white six-pointed star was raised in Asunción.
Version used 1811–1812
A provisional red-yellow-blue tricolor preceded the red-white-blue design adopted in 1812.
Red-white-blue tricolor adopted
On August 15, the flag changed to a red, white, and blue tricolor with a wider white stripe.
Version used 1812–1826
A red-white-blue tricolor with a wider white stripe and no national emblems.
Blue star flag restored
A light-blue flag with a white six-pointed star was reintroduced alongside the tricolor.
Tricolor with emblems codified
The Congress codified the red-white-blue flag with the national emblem on the front and treasury seal on the reverse.
Version used 1954–1988
The tricolor continued with modified proportions and changes to the emblems.
Front emblem simplifiedThis flag
The front emblem changed to show a yellow star on a blue disk, without the earlier rays.
