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Royal Yugoslavia (1918-1941): Standards

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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.

Željko 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)

[Commodore]image by Željko 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.

Željko Heimer, 14 November 2003

Second version (1937)

[Commodore, second version] image by Željko Heimer

The commodore's standard (komandna zastava admirala) prescribed in the 1937 law is a swallow-tailed (indentation depth: 4/10 of the flag width) white square flag with a blue border (width: 1/10 of the flag width) all around.

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

Željko Heimer, 20 November 2003

Squadron Commander's standard

[Squadron commander's standard] image by Željko Heimer

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

Željko Heimer, 20 November 2003

Senior Officer Afloat's standard

First version (1922)

[Senior Officer Afloat]image by Željko Heimer

The seniority standard (steg starešinstva is prescribed in article 8 of the 1922 law. It is similar to the commodore's standard but without the crown.

Željko Heimer, 14 November 2003

Second version (1937)

[Seniority standard, second version]image by Željko Heimer

The seniority standard prescribed in the 1937 law is a blue triangular flag, in proportion 2:3.

Željko Heimer, 20 November 2003