San Marino Flags – Crest Flag, Bunting & Hand Flags

The San Marino flag: white over light blue, with the three towers

San Marino flies two versions of the same flag. The civil flag is a plain bicolour, white above light blue, for the snow of Monte Titano and the sky over it. The state flag adds the coat of arms in the centre: three white towers topped with ostrich feathers on three green peaks, the fortresses of Guaita, Cesta and Montale that still stand on the ridge above the old town, framed by oak and laurel branches, with a closed crown above for sovereignty and a scroll reading LIBERTAS beneath. The colours were fixed by decree on 6 April 1862 and the arms were formally standardised in 2011. Both are in this collection: the San Marino crest flag in the full run of sizes, and the plain San Marino flag in 3ft x 2ft and 5ft x 3ft.

3 September, the Captains Regent and the Titans

The Feast of Saint Marinus and the founding of the Republic on 3 September is the national holiday, remembering the stonemason who, tradition says, settled on the mountain in 301 AD. Twice a year, on 1 April and 1 October, the two Captains Regent are installed in a procession through the Piazza della Libertà, and the flag is everywhere in the old town for both. Sport gives the flag its other outings: the national football side, the Titans, remembered for Davide Gualtieri’s eight-second goal against England in 1993, finally recorded a first competitive win against Liechtenstein in September 2024 and promotion from Nations League D, and the motor-racing crowd at Imola and Misano wave it beside the Italian tricolour. Sammarinese families and Italian clubs in the UK fly it at Wembley whenever the draw pairs the two countries and at September dinners for the Republic’s birthday.

Sizes, grades and fittings

The crest flag runs from 20x12in through 3ft x 2ft and 5ft x 3ft to 8ft x 5ft. Flagtex is the lighter woven polyester, printed with the arms in full colour, for a wall, a window or an occasional outing; DuraFlag is a heavier knitted polyester with double-stitched hems and a stronger header that holds its colour through a season on a pole. Every flag comes with brass eyelets, and the DuraFlag 5ft x 3ft and larger can be ordered with clips or rope and toggle for a halyard. The plain bicolour comes in the two middle sizes with eyelets.

San Marino bunting

San Marino bunting repeats the crest flag on rectangular polyester pennants stitched to a tape, in a 3m length for a bar, a shop window or a classroom display and a 9m length that will dress a clubhouse or a restaurant for 3 September. The pennants are double-sided and the tape ties off at either end, so the run can go up outside without worrying about a shower.

Hand flags and table flags

San Marino hand flags are the crest design on a wooden stick in 9x6in and 18x12in, the right thing for the stands at Serravalle or a school project on Europe’s microstates. For a desk or a dinner there are four table formats: the plain 6x4in table flag with base, the crest on a 9x6in wooden table flag, the large 18x12in wooden table flag for a reception counter and a satin table flag with a sleeve for a consular or hotel desk. Italy, Vatican City, Monaco and Liechtenstein are all under world flags.

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Popular in this collection

• San Marino Crest Flag (20x12in to 8x5ft, Flagtex or DuraFlag)from £6.99
• San Marino Flag, plain bicolour (3x2ft, 5x3ft)from £6.99
• San Marino Bunting (3m or 9m)from £9.98
• San Marino Hand Flags (9x6in, 18x12in)from £5.99
• San Marino Table Flag 6x4in with Basefrom £1.98
• San Marino Large Wooden Table Flagfrom £3.98