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National colours of Serbia

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Civil flag of Serbia

The national colours of Serbia are red, blue and white.[1][2][3] The flag of Serbia, being commonly called the "tricolour" (Serbian Cyrillic: тробојка, romanizedtrobojka) was adopted in 1835 and in various modifications has been used ever since.[4][5]

Red-blue-white sash is used for various purposes: as a cloth sash worn by municipal official conducting civic marriage; memorial wreaths are commonly adorned with red-blue-white sash; red-blue-white ribbon is cut at ceremonial event marking the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event. Jemstvenik is a string made of red, blue and white strands that is used to tie together official documents by the national and local government.

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  1. ^ The Journal of the Orders & Medals Research Society of Great Britain. Orders and Medals Research Society. 1969. p. 207.
  2. ^ Chronicles. Rockford Institute. 1994. p. 39.
  3. ^ Nigel Thomas; Krunoslav Mikulan (2006). The Yugoslav Wars (2): Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia 1992 - 2001. Osprey Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-84176-964-6.
  4. ^ Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske marodne armije (1974). Vesnik. Vol. 19–20. Srpska trobojka: crveno-plavo-belo
  5. ^ Зорица Јанковић (2008). Цару на диван: сусрети српских владара и турских султана. "Београд. ферманом је одређена: црвено-плаво-бела тробојка, са водоравно поређаним бојама.