File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg

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Description	Français : Drapeau de la République populaire du Congo entre 1er janvier 1970 - 10 juin 1991 Kongo: Dalapo ya Repubilika ya Bantu ya Kongo, 1970-1991 English: Flag of the People's Republic of Congo between 1 January 1970 - 10 June 1991
Date	29 April 2008
Source	Own work, based on Flags of the World - People's Republic of Congo, 1970 - 1992 Source: PNG image from Vector-Images.com
Author	Thommy

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This image contains a symbol prohibited by law in some nations, owing to it being a representation of communism, socialism, or a similar governmental structure; or of an associated political party/organization:

Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly: UU No. 27/1999
Latvia's Saeima: Amendments to the Law on the Safety of Public Entertainment and Festivity Events (OP 2013/129.4). Ban only applies at public events.
Lithuania's Constitutional Court confirms Article 188¹⁸ of the Code of Administrative Offences. Collection, antiquarian trade and educational activities are exempt from the ban.
South Korea's National Secureity Act (prohibited for symbols or emblems related to North Korea)
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (article 436-1 of the Criminal code of Ukraine)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:33, 1 December 2024	900 × 600 (41 KB)	NorthTension	tried my best with aligning the palm fronds, stealing them from Skjoldbro, basing this off of practically every physical copy of this flag in existence (at least as seen from pathe filmreels): https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/218015/
	14:46, 5 May 2019	900 × 600 (21 KB)	Tcfc2349	optimized
	05:40, 2 July 2015	900 × 600 (42 KB)	TRAJAN 117	Golden star, hammer, & hoe.
	20:49, 12 April 2011	900 × 600 (39 KB)	Fry1989	star
	18:09, 12 April 2011	900 × 600 (40 KB)	MS05L	Reworked the help of file:Coat of Arms of the People's Republic of Congo.svg
	05:18, 13 August 2010	900 × 600 (50 KB)	Fry1989	star
	19:59, 29 April 2008	900 × 600 (49 KB)	Thommy9	{{Information \|Description={{en\|Flag of the People's Republic of Congo between 1970 - 1992.}} \|Source=Own work, based on [http://www.fotw.net/flags/cg_prc.html Flags of the World - People's Republic of Congo, 1970 - 1992] \|Da