Talk:Principality of Montenegro

Wrong tricolor used

Dear editors and colleagues, I see that someone added a tricolor, I assume that it was based on the constitution of the principality from 1905, however the constitution never specified the tricolor as a state flag, but as a civil ensign. Furthermore, the tricolor which was described did not contain the coat of arms.

My advice: Do not put both the red banner with eagle and the tricolor with eagle under the same category, because that gives the impression that both were used as state flags , which they were not. Rather create a separate category, called civil ensign, and put the tricolor there without the eagle. I would also advise to maybe place the tricolor at the bottom of the infobox or somewere in the text as it was not a symbol used prominently during the most of the time the principality existed.

I will give some time for others to contemplate on this and then I would apply these suggestions myself.

I will also leave the quotations from the constitution:

УСТАВ ЗА КЊАЖЕВИНУ ЦРНУ ГОРУ (1905)

"Члан 46.

Народне боје су: Црвена, плаветна и бијела"

Translation: "Article 46. Colors of the civil ensign[1] is as follows: Red, blue (or skyblue) and white"

1: literal translation would be: national colors, or color of the people, however with context this is taken to mean the civil ensign

Медун 1876 (talk) 13:27, 28 February 2021 (UTC)