File:Flag of Montenegro (people's flag until 1905 Constitution).svg

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Summary

Description

Flag of Montenegro and Montenegrins (Montenegrin Nation) used up to the 1905 Constitution

Date

29 February 2008 (of the creation of this file) otherwise look history section.

Source

Common knowledge, photographs of Cetinje during festivites which King Nikola I attended

Author

Unknown. Prince Danilo had something to do with the issue

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Other versions

Simmilar version colour-wise Image:FlagRoyalMNEcorr.gif.

History

Flag used on many different occasions throughout the history of Montenegro even in the present days, recognized flag of the people that had been used until the one sanctioned by the 1905 Constitution. Massively used by Montenegrins since the 1880s. The Slavic tricolours versions proposed by Prince Danilo (based on the French Revolution flag). Colours were finally stabilized as being similar to Serbian tricolour in 1860s. The flag was temporarily used by institutions of the Republic of Montenegro after multi-parliamentarianism in 1991, until the return in 1993. of constitutionally sanctioned flag from the 1905 Constitution.

Licensing

This image of simple geometry is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

Heptagon

Colours

Colours used are:

#FE0000 red
#0000FE blue
#FFFFFF white

Which were used by the flags of that period.

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:29, 11 April 2016	1,350 × 900 (264 bytes)	Alkari	code cleanup
	19:27, 6 January 2014	1,350 × 900 (2 KB)	Antemister	this one
	19:23, 6 January 2014	2,000 × 1,333 (19 KB)	Antemister	no FOTW colors, please
	17:31, 12 June 2013	450 × 300 (284 bytes)	Fry1989	explain
	16:16, 12 June 2013	2,000 × 1,333 (19 KB)	Jedan02	{{Information \|Description=Flag of Montenegro and Montenegrins (Montenegrin Nation) used up to the ''1905'' Constitution \|Source=Common knowledge, photographs of Cetinje during festivites which King Nikola I attended \|Date=2008-02-29 (of the creation o...
	23:28, 23 October 2011	450 × 300 (284 bytes)	Alkari	code cleanup
	21:34, 29 February 2008	450 × 300 (2 KB)	Rainman~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description=Flag of Montenegro and Montenegrins (Montenegrin Nation) used up to the ''1905'' Constitution \|Source=Common knowledge, photographs of Cetinje during festivites which King Nikola I attended \|Date=2008-02-29 (of the creation of t