Estonian Flags

Three objects carry three different histories.

1884

The 1884 flag belongs to the Estonian Students Society. Deposited in the Estonian National Museum in 1934, it was replaced with a duplicate by Karl Aun in August 1940. The original emerged from hiding on December 26, 1991. It had survived on Aun’s father’s farm.

1944

A different flag flew at Kadriorg Palace in 1944. Eugen Vilder and a young soldier removed it as Soviet forces approached, then cut it in two. Vilder’s portion later resurfaced.

The presidential flag divided into two portions in 1944. Vilder’s went through Germany and Australia. Relatives found it in 2025; a minister received it in March 2026; museum presentation followed June 4, 2026. The soldier’s portion has unknown fate. Enlarge diagram
Schematic branches, not textile shapes.

2018

Vabaduse värvid combined photographs of 1,136 people into a flag 18 meters long, flown at the song-festival arch in 2018. The museum keeps the original; its June 2026 account describes an entrance copy.

Separate objects: 1884 society flag; 1944 presidential fragment; 2018 photo-mosaic, with original in museum collections and copy at entrance. Enlarge diagram
Display relationships reported by the museum in June 2026.

Sources

Nov 5th 2026 Sabrina C.

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