FLAG OF MACEDONIA 1992-1995 ORIGINAL NEW OLD STOCK 150x225cm SHIPMATE MFGR

This is the original short-lived flag of Macedonia that was adopted shortly after the break up of Yugoslavia. I got it directly from Shipmate in the Netherlands in the 1990s after the country's name was changed to North Macedonia and a new flag adopted.

This flag prevented Macedonia from entering the United Nations because of the strong objections by Greece noted below. The flag is in new old stock condition and measures approximately 60 inches by 88 inches, with a rope and toggle heading.

The controversy on the "Sun of Vergina" The Greek point of view Greece protests against the use of "Greek" symbols and names made by Macedonian Government. Among these controversial symbols there is the "Sun of Vergina", which appears in the middle of the Macedonian flag.

Source: rec.culture.europe: FAQ about Macedonia written according to the Greek point of view

Giuseppe Bottasini, 28 August 1995

Most of the above claims are of course highly controversial. This emblem was found on tomb 2 at Kutlush (to give Vergina its pre ethnically cleansed name). However there is no agreement that this is the tomb of Philip II nor that this emblem (which appears with a variety of numbers of arms) was either the dynastic emblem of the Argeads (the ruling house of Macedonia) or of the country itself. The emblem is not specifically Greek or Macedonian - it is found in the Near East thousands of years before it turns up in Europe and ironically features as a decorative motif on one of the reliefs of Persian Immortal Guardsman found at Darius' palace at Susa.

Andy Fear, 28 August 1995

In the book Handbuch der Ornamentik by F.S. Meyer (Leibniz 1927, reprint Berlin 1997), there is an ornament that is quite similar to the "Sun of Vergina", with this main difference - the 16 rays are not of the same size, eight main rays are "inscribed" into a square (so diagonal rays are longer then horizontal and vertical), while the "minor" 8 are shorter and inscribed into a circle. The ornament is captioned…