Peoples Republic of Bulgaria: Naval Flags, 1949-1955

Last modified: 2005-07-30 by rob raeside
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• Introduction
• Naval Ensign
• Minister-chairman
• Minister of People's Defence
• Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army
• Naval Force Commander, Commander of Army, Commander of Corps
• Naval Fleet Chief of the Staff
• Commander of Brigade
• Commander of Military District, Commander of Regiment ("polk"), Deputy Commander of Division
• Commander of Flotilla, Commander of Groups and Deputy Commander of Group
• Commander of Squadron, Commander of "rot"
• Commander of Vessel
• Jack

• Bulgaria
• Bulgaria: Index to all pages
• Bulgaria, People's Republic, 1944-1990

Introduction

The first set of Bulgarian post-WWII naval flags was established by the Naval fleet commander order of 30th May 1949, and these flags were to be used from 1st July 1949. These flags were replaced with the new set in 1955.
Željko Heimer, 9 September 2001

With the end of the World War II and the change of the political system on 9 September 1944 the old flags became obsolete. The flag situation until 1949 is not clear, and it seems that there was no established system. Only on 30 May 1949 did the commander in chief of the navy issue an order (numbered No. I-M-131) establishing the ensign, jack, pennants and personal flags in the navy to be used since 1 July 1949.
Željko Heimer, 16 January 2004

The proportions of these flags were set as 2:3. Below I also add a table of sizes provided for these flags.