Flag of Karadjordje Petrovic

Collection of Flags

The basis of the collection consists of the flags, which the National Museum of Belgrade and Military Museum gave to the newly established Museum of the First Serbian Uprising. At the same time, these flags are considered the oldest pieces of the collection, later expanded by objects purchased from or donated by various individuals.

The most important part of the collection includes the flags from the First Serbian Uprising. Although numerous flags appeared during the Uprising, only few were preserved, nine of which in the Historical Museum in Serbia, ranging from personal, via regular insurgent army’s from 1809 to those belonged to the voivodes, from 1811.

Flag of regular insurgent army

Dating from the 20th and early 21st century, the rest of the collection covers different state and parties’ flags from the post war period as well as those of numerous societies and associations, sport organizations, factories and companies, etc.

A separate part of the collection refers to voluntary masses performed after the Second World War in the process of reconstruction of the country and contains over 40 flags, pennants and bands of numerous youth brigades.

The appearance of different parties’ flags was one of the characteristics of the events of the last decade of the 20th century, marked by numerous manifestations, demonstrations and rallies. Following the course of the country’s history, the Museum acquired 12 of such flags in order to preserve them and use them in future presentations of the period when multi-party system was established in Serbia.

Flag which the women of Kragujevac made

for the liberators of the town in 1918