"Local sources show a variant of the Royal standard where the greater state coat of arms is placed in the middle instead of the Royal coat of arms. These sources are Isaić [isa01], p. 27, showing the set of naval flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, no doubt based on an (unnamed) source from the 1920s-1930s, and an other chart I got in personal correspondence from Isaić, being a photocopy from some book or encyclopaedia of that period. As the two sources show very similar images, I suppose that the first may be based on the second."
The remaining history of the Yugoslavian monarchy was a soap opera.
Alexander's cousin, Prince Paul, acted as regent for Alexander's minor son, Peter II, who was subsequently deposed by the Communists in 1945 at the age of 11. Prince Paul became a close friend of the British royal family, being related to them by marriage (his wife was the sister of Princess Marina, who married the Duke of Kent, the current Queen Elizabeth's uncle). Prince Paul and his wife lived the remainder of their long lives in exile in Paris. He's always struck me as a somewhat colorful character.
Poor Peter II eventually moved to the USA, where he died in 1970 at a relatively young age. He apparently was never able to recover from the traumatic events of his early life, and never fully accepted the fact of his exile. He was buried in the US, until being disinterred and finally allowed to return home to Yugoslavia in 2013.
up
0 users have voted.
—
"Don't go back to sleep ... Don't go back to sleep ... Don't go back to sleep." ~Rumi
"If you want revolution, be it." ~Caitlin Johnstone
Comments
That checkerboard says Croatian to me.
Let's go Hrvatska!
Close
But not quite.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Royal Standard, Yugoslavia, c1920s
"Local sources show a variant of the Royal standard where the greater state coat of arms is placed in the middle instead of the Royal coat of arms. These sources are Isaić [isa01], p. 27, showing the set of naval flags of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, no doubt based on an (unnamed) source from the 1920s-1930s, and an other chart I got in personal correspondence from Isaić, being a photocopy from some book or encyclopaedia of that period. As the two sources show very similar images, I suppose that the first may be based on the second."
Željko Heimer, 11 November 2003
https://flagspot.net/flags/yu_shs_r.html
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
And for double points
What happened to the owner?
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Bless his heart ...
Nothing good. Alexander I was assassinated.
The remaining history of the Yugoslavian monarchy was a soap opera.
Alexander's cousin, Prince Paul, acted as regent for Alexander's minor son, Peter II, who was subsequently deposed by the Communists in 1945 at the age of 11. Prince Paul became a close friend of the British royal family, being related to them by marriage (his wife was the sister of Princess Marina, who married the Duke of Kent, the current Queen Elizabeth's uncle). Prince Paul and his wife lived the remainder of their long lives in exile in Paris. He's always struck me as a somewhat colorful character.
Poor Peter II eventually moved to the USA, where he died in 1970 at a relatively young age. He apparently was never able to recover from the traumatic events of his early life, and never fully accepted the fact of his exile. He was buried in the US, until being disinterred and finally allowed to return home to Yugoslavia in 2013.
"Don't go back to sleep ... Don't go back to sleep ... Don't go back to sleep."
~Rumi
"If you want revolution, be it."
~Caitlin Johnstone