Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Standards

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• Note on terminology
• Commodore's standard
  • First version (1922)
  • Second version (1937)
• Squadron Commander's standard
• Senior Officer afloat's standard
  • First version (1922)
  • Second version (1937)

See also:

• Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941)
  • Laws on the flags at sea (with index of the flags)

Note on terminology

The word standards (stegovi) used here is obviously different from standarti, used for the royal standards, but I have not found a better translation, since steg comes from the root standing just as standard does.

Zeljko Heimer, 20 November 2003

A similar thing happens in German. Rank flags of heads of state and higher officials are usually termed Standarten (standards, as almost anywhere). However there is a further term with the stand- root which identifies swallowtailed- and pennant-shaped flags: Stander.

Santiago Dotor, 25 November 2003

Commodore's standard

First version (1922)

by Zeljko Heimer

The commodore's standard (steg komodora) is prescribed in article 7 of the 1922 law. The flag is triangular, forked with the royal crown in full colours in canton. The overall ratio of the flag is 1:2.

The height of the pennant at fly is one third of its height at hoist and the fork reaches the half of the length. The crown is a quarter of the pennant height long and is set in the middle of the canton square half the hoist high.

Zeljko Heimer, 14 November 2003

Second version (1937)

by Zeljko Heimer

The commodore's standard (komandna zastava admirala) prescribed in the 1937 law is a swallow-tailed white square flag with a blue border all around.

.Here again, Flaggenbuch [neu39] still shows the former version of the flag.

Zeljko Heimer, 20 November 2003

Squadron Commander's standard

by Zeljko Heimer

The squadron commander's standard (steg komandanta eskadre) prescribed in the 1937 law is a swallow-tailed blue square flag.

Zeljko Heimer, 20 November 2003

Senior Officer Afloat's standard

First version (1922)

by Zeljko Heimer

The seniority standard (steg starezinstva [ansieniteta]) is prescribed in article 8 of the 1922 law. It is simlar to the commodore's standard but without the crown.

Zeljko Heimer, 14 November 2003

Second version (1937)

by Zeljko Heimer

The seniority standard (steg komandanta eskadre) prescribed in the 1937 law is a blue triangular flag, in proportion 2:3.

Zeljko Heimer, 20 November 2003