On April 18, 1924, the detailed description of the state flag of the Soviet Union was determined.
Following the order of November 12, 1923, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR issued an updated order "On the Detailed Description of the State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics."
The decree was published on April 20, 1924 in the newspapers "Izvestia" issue no. 2,127 (on page three in the section "Deeds and Instructions of the Government of the Soviet Union" - in the photo) and in "The Herald of the Government". We can now find this document in the electronic library of historical documents.
Decree of the Presidency of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
On the detailed description of the state flag of the Soviet Union.
On the basis of Article 71 of the Constitution of the Soviet Union, the order of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union:
Proclaim the following detailed description of the State Flag of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:.
The flag is a red (or crimson) rectangle, with a length to width ratio of 2:1. in the upper left corner a sickle and a golden hammer with a radius of 1/6 of the width of the flag; above the hammer and sickle a five-pointed red star surrounded by a golden border; The diameter of the star is 1/10 of the width of the flag.
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
M. Kalinin.
Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.
A. Yinokidze.
Moscow, Kremlin, April 18, 1924.