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Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Ensigns

Last modified: 2004-11-13 by ivan sache
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Naval ensign

[Naval ensign]by Željko Heimer

The naval ensign (literally "war flag", ratna zastava, since in Serbian there is no specific word for an ensign) is prescribed in article 1 of the 1922 law.

The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-red, with the national coat of arms off-set to the hoist. The ratio of the flag is 2:3. The vertical axis of the coat of arms is placed half the flag height from the hoist. The height of the coat of arms (not icluding the orb and cross atop the crown) is half the flag height.

Neubecker (1939) [neu39] gives for the height of the orb and cross an additional 1/30 of the flag height but that is certainly a value "from practice" since the law does not prescribe it. Neubecker also gives the total crown height as 5/30 and the shield height 11/30 of the flag height.

The coat of arms is set so that the upper border of the shield lies on the border between the blue and white stripes of the flag. The 11 unit high shield would therefore overlap the red stripe for 10% of its width (that is 10 units).

The 1937 law did not change this flag.

Željko Heimer, 12 November 2003

Financial Control ensign

[Financial Control ensign]by Željko Heimer

The financial control ensign (zastava jedinica financijske kontrole) is prescribed in the 1937 law. The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-red with the national coat of arms placed in the blue stripe near the hoist.

The height of the coat of arms is 3/10 of the height of the flag and its vertical axis is set at 1/8 of the flag length from the hoist.

Željko Heimer, 16 November 2003

Harbour Police ensign

[Harbour police ensign]by Željko Heimer

The harbour police ensign (literally "flag of the harbour police", zastava lučke policije) is prescribed in article 4 of the 1922 law.

The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-red, with two blue anchors crossed in saltire in the middle of the white stripe. The ratio of the flag is 2:3.

The law does not determine the anchor size. Flaggenbuch 1939 [neu39] gives the height of the emblem as 90% of the height of the white stripe.

I have no idea how much this special state ensign was used in practice. Probably only the largest posts had ships.

The 1937 law did not change this flag.

Željko Heimer, 12 November 2003

Reserve Naval Officer's ensign

First flag (1922)

[Reserve officer, first flag]by Željko Heimer

The reserve naval officer ensign (literally "flag for reserve naval officers", zastava za rezervne pomorske oficire) is prescribed in article 3 of the 1922 law.

The flag is horizontally divided blue-white-red, with a white fouled anchor surmonted with