Page 161 - (DK) Complete Flags of the World

Europe

Montenegro

Ratio: 1:2 Adopted: 2004 Usage: National and Civil

The flag is
based on
one used in
the 1880s
and 1890s The modern
coat of arms of
Montenegro

Europe
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Long an independent kingdom, In the communist state
Montenegro, like the other Yugoslav (1946-1991), the monogram was
states had used the Pan-Slav colors. replaced by a gold-edged red star.
Montenegro, like Serbia, inverted With the end of communist rule,
the Russian flag into a horizontal the star was removed. To distinguish
tricolor of red, blue, and white. In the flag from that of Serbia, the
1914 it was accepted that the royal blue was made lighter. In 2004 the
monogram of King Nikola should be present, and completely different,
added to the flag. flag was adopted.
FLAG ACCEPTED AS THE POST-COMMUNIST FLAG
NATIONAL FLAG IN 1914

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