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Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Royal standards

King's standard, first version (192x)
- Variant
King's standard, second version (1937)
Queen's standard
Prince Regent's standard
Crown Prince's standard
Royal House members' standard

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Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941)

King's standard, first version (192x)

by Željko Heimer

The 1922 law does not prescribe the royal standard. In fact it does mention it in article 12, first paragraph:

For the hoisting (use) of the royal standards shall be valid the decisions of His Majesty the King.

This sentence is the only one in the law mentioning the royal standard, leaving it to the King's whim, in a way. Therefore it is not surprising that sources have different representation of it. Neubecker's 1936 Flaggenbuch [neu39], as well as 1926 Flaggenbuch [neu26], shows the royal coat of arms placed in the middle of a square tricolour flag bordered with the tricolour triangles.

Željko Heimer, 11 November 2003

Variant

by Željko Heimer

Local sources show a variant of the royal standard where the greater state coat of arms is placed in the middle instead of the royal coat of arms.These sources are Isaić [isa01], p. 27, showing the set of naval flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, no doubt based on an (unnamed) source from the 1920s-1930s, and an other chart I got in personal correspondence from Isaić, being a photocopy from some book or encyclopaedia of that period. As the two sources show very similar images, I suppose that the first may be based on the second.

Željko Heimer, 11 November 2003

King's standard, second version (1937)

by Željko Heimer

The royal standard (Standart Kralja) prescribed in the 1937 law is a dark red square flag with tricolour triangles around the border and a yellow fimbriated white cross formy throughout over which is set the state coat of arms. The artistic representation of the coat of arms is modernized from the 1920s design used previously, and lacks the re