Flag of Yugoslavia

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Flag of Yugoslavia describes flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 1.1 Other flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- 2.1 Other flags of the SFRY
- 2.2 See also
3 References

[edit] Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

The national civil and flag of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia was blue-white-red in the horizontal sense against a vertical staff.^[1] The national civil flag was the same as historic Pan-slavic flag approved at the Pan-Slav convention in Prague, 1848.

The naval ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia is blue-white-red with the simplified lesser coat of arms: On one third of the ensign length there shall be the state coat of arms with the crown. The height of the arms and crown (without the globe and cross) shall be half of the ensign height.^[2]^[3]

The flags of the Kingdom were in official use from 1922 until the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was occupied by Axis powers in 1941. After that, the flag was used by the officially recognized government in exile, diplomatic representatives, and the Allies until 1945. During the Second World War, Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (also known as Chetniks) used this flag.

[edit] Other flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Naval ensign of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia	Royal Standard of the King (1920s to 1937)	Standard of the Prime Minister	Standard of the rank of Army Marshal
Standard of the rank of Army General	Standard of the rank of Division General	Standard of the rank of Brigade General

[edit] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Flag of the SFRY, ratio 1:2

Civil ensign. Flag ratio: 2:3

Flag adopted in 1945 for Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (which later became the SFRY) and flag of the Yugoslav Partisans. Flag ratio: 1:2

Flag of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia consisted of three equal horizontal bands coloured in pan-Slavic colors - blue (top), white and red - with yellow bordered red star, symbol of communism, at the flag's centre.

It was created during Second World War by replacing the royal coat of arms on the flag of pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia with the red star of communism. The first flag for Democratic Federal Yugoslavia had a red star in the centre stripe of the Yugoslav tricolour. After the war it was given its final shape by enlarging the star and adding a narrow yellow border.

The flag was usually accompanied on official buildings by the flag of the particular socialist republic and the flag of the League of Communists. Because of this, many buildings in former Yugoslavia still carry a three-poled flag holder.

A smaller version of the flag served as the civil ensign while an elongated banner version was seen flown at the Yugoslav parliament.

The flag was replaced by the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia later the flag of Serbia and Montenegro, which was identical except that the Communist red star was removed.

[edit] Other flags of the SFRY

Naval ensign. Flag ratio: 2:3	Naval jack. Flag ratio: 2:3	Standard of the President of the SFRY. Flag ratio: 1:1	Standard of the President of the Federal Assembly of the SFRY (essentially a Prime Minister). Flag ratio: 1:1
Banner of the SFRY. Flown at the Federal Assembly of the SFRY