The flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic was first adopted by the Lithuanian SSR in 1940, following the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. It was a red flag with the national name and a hammer and sickle in the upper canton. The flag in use from 1953 to 1988 was a red flag with the golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in its upper canton with a white thin stripe and green thick band on the bottom.