Pre-1975 The Royal Lao flag is a three headed elephant referred to as an Erawan. The three headed elephant actually had the layered "umbrella" looking object over it's heads as opposed to one on either side.
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(del) (cur) 21:41, 18 July 2006 . . Et713 (Talk | contribs) . . 250×250 (182,533 bytes) (The Royal Lao flag is a three headed elephant referred to as an Erawan. The three headed elephant actually had the layered "umbrella" looking object over it's heads as opposed to one on either side.)