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Rainbow peace (PACE) flag in Austria

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Last modified: 2016-02-25 by rob raeside
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image by M. Schmöger


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Use of the Peace flag

During the demonstrations against the Iraq war earlier this year the most prominent flag in Austria (as in neighbouring Italy, Germany etc.) was the rainbow peace flag with the inscription PACE, of Italian origin.
M. Schmöger, 20 August 2003


German inscription

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 1 June 2015

Rainbow peace flags with the German inscription FRIEDE, after being introduced in Germany are spreading to Austria as well. One such flag was photographed in Vienna on 2010-06-01: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephanrebernik/16380642358. The color pattern was: purple, dark blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange and red; word FRIEDE was inscribed in white over light blue and green. Green was lighter than on most of other flags.
Tomislav Todorovic, 1 June 2015


Italian variant

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 10 January 2016

A flag with an Italian inscription and variant color pattern was photographed in August 2003 in St Radegund, Austria: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxchristiuk/4126331898/. The color pattern was: violet, dark blue, light blue, green, yellow, orange and red; word PACE was inscribed in white over light blue and green.
Tomislav Todorovic, 10 January 2016

 


English variant

image by Tomislav Todorovic, 10 January 2016

Flags with the English inscription PEACE, instead of Italian PACE or German FRIEDE, are also sometimes used in Austria. Such flags were photographed in St Radegund, Austria in August 2003: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paxchristiuk/4126331898/

The color pattern was: dark blue, light blue, violet, green, yellow, orange and red; word PEACE was inscribed in white over violet and green.
Tomislav Todorovic, 10 January 2016