List of Serbian flags

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

National flags[]

Main article: Flag of Serbia
Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Serbia.svg 1882–1918
2004–present 		State flag and ensign Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, national colours of Serbia, with the coat of arms left of center
Civil Flag of Serbia.svg 1835–1945
1992–present 		Civil flag and ensign Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white

Provincial flags[]

Vojvodina[]

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Vojvodina.svg 2004–present Flag of Vojvodina Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with larger blue portion and three yellow stars representing Srem, Banat, and Bačka
Tradicionalna zastava Vojvodine sa grbom.svg 2016–present Traditional flag of Vojvodina Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the traditional coat of arms in the middle

Governmental flags[]

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the President of Serbia.svg 2004–present Standard of the President of Serbia Square horizontal tricolor edged with greater arms
Standard of the President of the National Assembly of Serbia.svg 2004–present Standard of the President of the National Assembly Square horizontal tricolor with greater arms

Military flags[]

Flag Use Description
Serbian Land Forces brigade flag.jpg Regimental flag of the Serbian Army of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A red square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in passive position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords, with inside a text "for the freedom and honor of the fatherland" in serbian

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

Serbian Air Force brigade flag.jpg Regimental flag of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A blue square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in passive position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords, with inside a text "for the freedom and honor of the fatherland" in serbian

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

SerbianGFlag.jpg Flag of the Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A red square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in alert position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords, with inside a text "1830", with inside a text "for the freedom and honor of the fatherland" in serbian

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

SerbianMPFlag.jpg Flag of the Military Police of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A black square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in passive position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

Naval flags[]

Flag Date Use Description
Naval Ensign of Serbia.svg 2006–present Naval ensign of Serbia Red flag with Serbian flag in the canton.

Flags of municipalities and cities[]

See also: Municipalities and cities of Serbia
Flags of municipalities and cities

Historical official flags[]

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Serbia (1835-1882).svg 1835–1882 Principality of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with coat of arms
State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg 1882–1918 Kingdom of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with royal coat of arms (incl. eagle and cross)
Flag of SR Serbia.svg 1945–1992 Socialist Republic of Serbia
(SFR Yugoslavia) 		Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with red star in the center.
Flag of Serbia 1992-2004.svg 1992–2004 Republic of Serbia
(FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro) 		Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white.
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg 2004–2010* Republic of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the Serbian eagle in the center.

Medieval flags[]

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Serbia (1281).svg fl. 1234–1243 Flag of King Stefan Vladislav
(Medieval Serbian Kingdom) 		Bicolour of red and blue. Listed in the treasury of King Stefan Vladislav (r. 1234–1243) in Ragusa.[1][2] Oldest described Serbian flag.[1]
Supposed Serbian Empire flag.svg
Flag of the Serbian Empire, Byzantine version.svg 		fl. 1339 Flag of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire) 		Yellow flag with red bicephalic eagle.[3] Angelino Dulcert's 1339 map included the flag of the Medieval Serbian Kingdom under Stefan Dušan (emperor after 1345).[4][5]
Divellion of Emperor Dušan.png 1345–1355 Banner of Emperor Stefan Dušan Square, purple, with golden cross in center. Emperor Dušan adopted the divellion from the Byzantines.[6]
Flag of the Serbian Empire, triband, Hilandar.png 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.[7]
Flag of the Serbian Empire, bicolour, Hilandar.png 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.[8]

Other flags[]

Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Voivode flag from the First Serbian Uprising.
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the regular army from the First Serbian Uprising.
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag 1804 flag from the First Serbian Uprising
Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church.svg Serbian Orthodox Church Horizontal tricolor with centered Serbian cross.
Flag of Republika Srpska.svg 1992–present Republika Srpska Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
Serb-Montenegrin ethnic group flag.svg 2008–present Flag of the Serb National Council of Montenegro A tricolor of three equally sized horizontal red, blue and white with the Krstaš-barjak.
Flag of Serbian national minority in Croatia.svg 2005–present Flag of Serbs of Croatia A tricolor of three equally sized horizontal red, blue and white.
Flag of the Republic of Eastern Slavonia - Baranja - and Western Syrmia.svg 1995–1998 Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
State Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg 1991–1995 Republic of Serbian Krajina Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
Flag of Serbian Krajina (1991).svg 1991 SAO Krajina, SAO Western Slavonia, SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
Flag of the Serbian Partisans.svg 1943–1945 Flag of Communist Serbian Partisans Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with red star in the center. Flag of Serbian Partisans used in the German-occupied Serbia and in areas of the Independent State of Croatia where Serbs lived. Used by war-time AVNOJ.
Flag of Serbia (1941–1944).svg 1941–1944 Government of National Salvation
(Nazi German occupation of Serbia) (alleged)		 Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white.
Flag of Montenegro (1905–1918, 1941–1944).svg 1941–1944 Italian governorate of Montenegro and Nazi German-occupied territory of Montenegro Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white.
Flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro.svg 1905–1916 State flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro and also used by Serbs of Montenegro National flag of Principality (1905-10) and the Kingdom of Montenegro (1910-16). Red-blue-white tricolor. One of the symbols of the 2019–2020 Montenegrin protests.
Flag of Serbia-Royal standard McCandless.png 1902–1917 Karađorđević Royal Standard As described in 1917 by Byron McCandless, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor: Flags of the World.
Flag of Serbia (1882–1918).svg 1882–1918 Kingdom of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with lesser coat of arms.
Civil Flag of Serbia 1869.png 1869–1872 Principality of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with Serbian cross escutcheoned and three six-pointed stars at the top.
Flag of Serbian Vojvodina.svg 1848–1860 Serbian Vojvodina and also used by Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar The yellow-black background with the Austrian Habsburg imperial arms, with the coat-of-arms of the Serbs (Serbian cross) on the chest of the black eagle.
War Ensign of Serbia (1838).svg 1838 Principality of Serbia War flag of Principality of Serbia. Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with royal coat of arms and four six-pointed stars in the upper left.
Flag of Serbia (1835–1882).svg 1835–1882 Principality of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with royal coat of arms.
State flag of Serbia (1835).svg 1835 Principality of Serbia

Horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue (disputed), with Serbian cross flanked by oak and olive branches. From the Sretenje Constitution.

Flag of the Red Cross.svg 1815 Second Serbian Uprising
Serbian Revolution		 A red cross on white background. Used at Takovo in 1815.
Serbian flag 1807.svg 1807 Serbian Revolution Red and white with cross, moon, sun, and sword.
PrviSrpskiUstanak.png 1804–1813 Serbian Revolution Red and blue with sword and Serbian cross.
Flag of Revolutionary Serbia.svg 1804–1813 First Serbian Uprising
Serbian Revolution		 War flag during the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution. 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.
Flag of Serbia (1792).svg 1790–1792 Habsburg-occupied Serbia Habsburg claim on Serbia.
Banner of Serbia at Ferdinand II's coronation (1618).svg 1618 Habsburg claim on Serbia Habsburg claim on Serbia.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Stanojević 1934, pp. 78–80.
  2. ^ Samardžić 1983.
  3. ^ Tomović 1979.
  4. ^ Solovjev 1958, pp. 134–135.
  5. ^ Škrivanić 1979.
  6. ^ Milićević 1995, p. 22.
  7. ^ Stanojević 1934.
  8. ^ Atlagić 1997.
^* Still in some limited use

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