The FIAV was provisionally organized on September 3, 1967, at the Second International Congress of Vexillology held in Rüschlikon, Switzerland, and officially created on September 7, 1969, at the Third International Congress of Vexillology held in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
FIAV je provizorno organizirana 3. rujna 1967. na II. međunarodnom kongresu veksilologije u Rüschlikonu, Švicarska, a službeno je osnovana 7. rujna 1969. na III. međunarodnom kongresu veksilologije u Bostonu, Massachusetts, SAD.