Communist Symbolism - Other Communist Symbols

Other Communist Symbols

The following graphic elements, while not necessarily communist in nature, are often incorporated into the flags, seals and propaganda of communist countries and movements.

• Crossed proletarian implements, including picks, hoes, scythes, and in the case of the Workers' Party of Korea, a brush to represent the intelligentsia. The ubiquitous hammer and sickle also belong in this category.
• Rising sun, exemplified on the crests of the Soviet Union, Socialist Republic of Croatia and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic as well as Communist Romania.
• Cogwheels, exemplified on the crest of Afghanistan, Angola and the People's Republic of China.
• Wreaths of wheat, cotton, corn or other crops, present on the crests of almost every historical communist state.
• Rifle, such as the AK-47 on the flag of Mozambique and Mosin-Nagant on Albanian lek.
• Red banners with yellow lettering, exemplified on the crests of Vietnam and China.
• Red or yellow stars, perhaps the most common communist symbol behind the hammer and sickle.
• Open books, exemplified on the state crests of Mozambique, Angola and Afghanistan, and also on the party crests of Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Communist Party of Ukraine.
• Factories or industrial equipment, exemplified on the crests of North Korea, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Democratic Kampuchea and Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
• Natural landscapes, exemplified on the crests of SR Macedonia, Romania and the Karelo-Finnish SSR.
• Torches, exemplified on the emblem of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• Sword and shield, exemplified on the KGB emblem, and the Mother Motherland.
• Cross and sickle are the symbols of the Christian communism
• Notable examples of communist states that use no overtly communist imagery on their flags, crests or other graphic representations are Cuba, and the former People's Republic of Poland.