three white stars at the upper hoist. The pink, white, and red bars represented the loyalty, purity, and determination of the Assyrian people, and the three white stars represent the three names or components of the Assyrian nation, Assyrians, Syriacs, and Chaldeans. This flag was used during delegation meetings with Assyrian politicians and Western powers post World War I. It was also in use by the Assyrian National Federation, later renamed the Assyrian American Federation and the Assyrian American National Federation, from its founding in 1933 until 1975 when they adopted the current Assyrian flag. During the First World War, the Assyrian volunteers commanded by Agha Petros used a red flag with a white cross. Agha Petros' personal standard was the flag of the Volunteers but made of silk, with a golden fringe added, and the words "Trust God and follow the Cross" written in Assyrian above the cross. Gallery Variants Inspirations Other flags See also Aramean-Syriac flag Chaldean Catholics Assyrian nationalism Ethnic flag References External links The Origins and Description of the Assyrian Flag Assyrian Information Management (AIM) - The Origins and Description of the Assyrian Flag Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) Assyrian flag at Flags of the World The Origins and Description of the Assyrian Flag Ethnic flags Assyrian nationalism Religious flags Flags of indigenous peoples Flags introduced in 1971