List of Serbian flags
Appearance
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
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2004 – present 1835 – 1918 |
Civil flag and ensign | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white |
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2010 – present | State flag and ensign | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with emblem left of center |
Provincial flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2004 – present | Flag of Vojvodina | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with larger blue portion and three yellow stars representing Srem, Banat and Bačka |
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2016 – present | Traditional flag of Vojvodina | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with the traditional coat of arms in the middle |
Governmental flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2010 – present | Standard of the President of Serbia | Square horizontal tricolour edged with greater arms |
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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 |
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2004 – 2010 | Republic of Serbia | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with the Serbian eagle in the center. |
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1992 – 2004 | Republic of Serbia (FR Yugoslavia; Serbia and Montenegro) |
Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white. |
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1945 – 1992 | Socialist Republic of Serbia (SFR Yugoslavia) |
Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with red star in the center. |
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1941 – 1944 | Government of National Salvation (Nazi German occupation of Serbia) |
Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with Serbian eagle escutcheoned. |
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1882 – 1918 | Kingdom of Serbia | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with royal coat of arms (incl. eagle and cross) |
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1835 – 1882 | Principality of Serbia | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white |
Middle Ages
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1345 – 1355 | Banner of Emperor Stefan Dušan | Square, purple, with golden cross in center. Emperor Dušan adopted the divellion from the Byzantines.[1] |
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1345 – 1355 | 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] |
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1345 – 1355 | 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] |
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fl. 1339 | Flag of King Stefan Dušan (Serbian Empire) |
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] |
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fl. 1234 – 1243 | Flag of King Stefan Vladislav (Serbian Kingdom) |
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
Flags of municipalities and cities
Other flags
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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n/a | Serbian Orthodox Church | Horizontal tricolour with centered Serbian cross. |
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1992 – present | Republika Srpska | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white. |
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2005 – present | Flag of Serbs of Croatia | A tricolour of three equally sized horizontal red, blue and white. |
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1995 – 1998 | Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white. |
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1991 – 1995 | Republic of Serbian Krajina | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white. |
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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. |
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1902 – 1917 | Royal Standard of Serbia | As described in 1917 by Byron McCandless, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor: Flags of the World. |
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1869 – 1872 | Principality of Serbia | Horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, with Serbian cross escutcheoned and three six-pointed stars at the top. |
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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. |
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1835 | Principality of Serbia |
Horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue, with Serbian cross flanked by oak and olive branches. From the Sretenje Constitution. |
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1815 | Second Serbian Uprising | A red cross on white background. Used at Takovo in 1815. |
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1807 | First Serbian Uprising | Red and white with cross, moon, sun and sword. |
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1804 – 1813 | First Serbian Uprising | Red and blue with sword and Serbian cross. |
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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. |
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1790 – 1792 | Habsburg-occupied Serbia (1788–92) | Habsburg claim on Serbia. |
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1618 | Habsburg claim on Serbia | Habsburg claim on Serbia. |
See also
References
- ^ Milićević 1995, p. 22.
- ^ Atlagić 1997.
- ^ Stanojević 1934.
- ^ Tomović 1979.
- ^ Solovjev 1958, pp. 134–135.
- ^ Škrivanić 1979.
- ^ a b Stanojević 1934, pp. 78–80.
- ^ Samardžić 1983.
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