List of Serbian flags

This is a list of Serbian flags used in the past and present. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Serbia.

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National flags

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Flag Date Use Description
2004 – present
1835 – 1918		 Civil flag and ensign Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white
2010 – present State flag and ensign Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with emblem left of center

Provincial flags

Flag Date Use Description
2004 – present Flag of Vojvodina Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with larger blue portion and three yellow stars
2016 – present Traditional flag of Vojvodina Horitonzal tricolour of red, blue and white, with or without the traditional coat of arms in the middle

Governmental flags

Flag Date Use Description
2010 – present Standard of the President of Serbia Square horizontal tricolour edged with greater arms
2010 – present Standard of the President of the National Assembly Square horizontal tricolour with greater arms

Historical official flags

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Flag Date Use Description
2004 – 2010 Republic of Serbia Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with the Serbian eagle in the center.
1992 – 2004 Republic of Serbia Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white.
1945 – 1992 Socialist Republic of Serbia Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with red star in the center.
1943 – 1945 Democratic Republic of Serbia
(Partisan Serbia)		 Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with red star in the center. Used by war-time AVNOJ.
1941 – 1944 Government of National Salvation Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with Serbian eagle escutcheoned.
1918 – 1941 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
(Yugoslavia after 1929)		 Horizontal tricolour of blue, white and red.
1882 – 1918 Kingdom of Serbia Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with royal coat of arms (incl. eagle and cross)
1869 – 1872 Civil flag of Serbia Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with Serbian cross escutcheoned and three six-pointed stars at the top.
1839 Principality of Serbia Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with royal coat of arms and four six-pointed stars in the upper left.
1835 Principality of Serbia Horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue, with Serbian cross flanked by oak and olive branches. From the Sretenje Constitution.

Middle Ages

Flag Date Use Description
1345–55 Banner of Emperor Stefan Dušan Square, purple, with golden cross in center. Emperor Dušan adopted the divellion from the Byzantines.[1]
1345–55 Serbian Imperial cavalry flag Triangular bicoloured flag of red and yellow. Emperor Dušan's Imperial cavalry flag, kept at the Hilandar on Mount Athos.[2]
1345–55 Flag of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(alleged)		 A triband of red at top and bottom and white in the center. Found at Hilandar by Dimitrije Avramović, alleged by the brotherhood to have been a flag of Emperor Dušan.[3]

 fl. 1339 Flag of King Stefan Dušan Yellow flag with red bicephalic eagle.[4] Angelino Dulcert's 1339 map included the flag of the Serbian kingdom under Stefan Dušan (emperor after 1345).[5][6]
fl. 1234 – 1243 Flag of Stefan Vladislav Horizontal bicolour of red and blue. Listed in the treasury of King Stefan Vladislav (r. 1234–1243) in Ragusa.[7][8] Oldest known Serbian flag.[7]

Municipalities and cities

Other flags

Voivode flag from the First Serbian Uprising.
Flag of the regular army from the First Serbian Uprising.
1804 flag from the First Serbian Uprising
FlagDateUseDescription
n/a Serbian Orthodox Church Horizontal tricolour with centered Serbian cross.
1992 – Republika Srpska Horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white.
1991 – 1995 Republic of Serbian Krajina Horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white.
2005 – Flag of Serbs of Croatia A tricolour of three equally sized horizontal red, blue and white.
1917 Royal Standard of Serbia As described in 1917 by Byron McCandless, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor: Flags of the World.
1815 Second Serbian Uprising A red cross on white background. Used at Takovo in 1815.
1807 – First Serbian Uprising Red and white with cross, moon, sun and sword.
1804 – 1813 First Serbian Uprising War flag during the First Serbian Uprising. Red background with two coat of arms (the Serbian cross and Triballian boar) at the centre, Serbian Crown Jewels on the top and two Voivode flags on the bottom. Adopted as the flag of Topola.
1790–92 Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1788–92) Habsburg claim on Serbia.
1618 Habsburg claim on Serbia Habsburg claim on Serbia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Milićević 1995, p. 22.
  2. ↑ Atlagić 1997.
  3. ↑ Stanojević 1934.
  4. ↑ Tomović 1979.
  5. ↑ Solovjev 1958, pp. 134–135.
  6. ↑ Škrivanić 1979.
  7. 1 2 Stanojević 1934, pp. 78–80.
  8. ↑ Samardžić 1983.

Sources

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