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Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1944: Royal Family

Царство Българи&

Last modified: 2005-07-30 by rob raeside
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Introduction

The Kingdom of Bulgaria extended from 1908-1946, though for the purpose of flag research, the period ended on 9 September 1944. There are three main sources of flags of the period mentioned in Ivanov (1998). The first is the collection of the Naval Museum, from where are mentioned the naval ensign and kings and queens standard. The second is the (Bogoslovski, 1912) "Al'bom shtandartov i flagov inostrannyh gosudarstv", Sofiya 1912, and the third is a Naval manual that I shall cover latter on. The Ivanov (1998) book contains pictures from the last one, but it also has detailed reports on what's in others, highlighting some differences. As far as I have understood the flags preserved in the Naval Museum are of the same pattern as those published in Bogoslovski book. They are treated together and even if I have reservations - have no evidence why I should not do the same. All the flags here would be reconstructions from descriptions. Even if the descriptions are quite straight-forward and clear, there is always possibility I misinterpreted them.
Željko Heimer, 5 September 2001

According to Ivanov (1998) the flags from the period of the Kingdom were all abandoned on 9th September 1944. After that date and until new flags were officially adopted, the unofficial patterns were used - on vessels according to the taste of the captain.
Željko Heimer, 9 September 2001


King's Standard