[Previous page: Serbia, Prinicipate 1835 - 1882][FAME Home Page][Index of pages][Alphabetic index][Chronologic index][What's new?][About FAME][Links to other web pages][Mail me][Ova stranica dostupna je i na hrvatskom: Srbija, Kraljevina 1882. - 1918.][Next page: Serbia - Ethnical Minorities]
[Zastave i grbovi Srbije]  

Receive an e-mail
when these pages
are updated?

[vexicro]

Flags of the World
Page created: 2nd October 1998
Last updated: 9th January 2017 		[The FAME - Flag and Arms of the Modern Era]
This page is under construction! Links and images might be missing!
Data presented on this page may be entirely incorrect!

The FAME is a site devoted to the systematic and scientific study of flags and coats of arms. Such symbols often bear strong political and other messages. Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author supports or approves of the ideas they may stand for.		 [NSK - Digital Archives] This site is harvested for the NSK digital archives.

Serbia, Kingdom 1882 - 1918

Kraljevina Srbija


See also:

National Flag, 1882 – 1918

[National Flag, 1882 – 1918] [Normal] 2:3
Adopted: 1882
Description of arms: Grb Kraljevine Srbije jeste dvoglavi beli orao na crvenom štitu s krunom kraljevskom. Vrh obe glave dvoglavoga beloga orla stoji kruna kraljevska a ispod svake kandže po jedan krinov cvet. Na prsima mu je grb Knjaževine Srbije „beo krst na crvenom štitu sa po jednim ognjilom u svakom uglu krsta.“ Grb je ogrnut purpurnim hermelinovim plaštem, kome se na vrhu nalazi kraljevska kruna. (Čl. 1 i 2, Zakon, 1882.)
Abandoned: 1918
Source: Zakon o grbu Kraljevine Srbije, 20.06.1882, Srpske novine, br. 135/1882, 20.06.1882.

The national flag remained the tricolour without change in 1882.


Merchant Ensign, 1882 – 1918

[Merchant Ensign, 1882 – 1918] [Normal] 2:3
Adopted: 1882
Abandoned: 1918
Source: Image Mario Fabretto, reconstruction from CISV Archives, 1998.

In 1882, when Serbia was proclaimed a kingdom, the merchant flag was modified following modification of the coat of arms: the shield was surmounted by a royal crown (without mantle), the shield contained a white double-headed eagle with the coat of arms in escutcheon and with two golden fleurs-de-lis in base.


State Flag, 1882 – 1918

[State Flag, 1882 – 1918] [Normal] 2:3
Adopted: 1882
Abandoned: 1918
Source: Image Mario Fabretto, reconstruction from CISV Archives, 1998.

The state flag had the greater state coat of arms, those having a crowned mantle added to the lesser arms.


War Flag, 1904 – 1918

[War Flag, 1904 – 1918] [Normal] 2:3
Adopted: 1904
Abandoned: 1918
Source: Image Mario Fabretto, reconstruction from CISV Archives, 1998. Design from L. Loynes; Le Gras, contemporary design of the coat of arms

The war flag, adopted in 1904 following the coronation of Peter I Karađorđević used the complete royal arms instead of the state arms.


[Previous page: Serbia, Prinicipate 1835 - 1882][FAME Home Page][Index of pages][Alphabetic index][Chronologic index][What's new?][About FAME][Links to other web pages][Mail me][Ova stranica dostupna je i na hrvatskom: Srbija, Kraljevina 1882. - 1918.][Next page: Serbia - Ethnical Minorities]
[Zastave i grbovi Srbije]  

Receive an e-mail
when these pages
are updated?

[vexicro]

Flags of the World
The FAME. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Zeljko Heimer. All rights reserved.