Kingdom of Cambodia (pre-1970)

Last modified: 2010-03-27 by phil nelson
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• Royal Standards
• Royal Standard
• Ceremonial Royal Standard
• King as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
• Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
• Naval Jack
• Chief of Naval Staff: Ensign

See:

• Cambodian Flag History

for specifics on the flag used during the era of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

See also:

• Cambodia
• Bibliography on Cambodian Flags

Royal Standards

Royal Standard

Flaggenbuch/Die Welt in Bidern Album image
image contributed by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 October 2007
Sources: 1) Cigarette Album "Die Welt in Bildern Album 7: Flaggen der Welt, aussereuropäische Staaten" p.4, image no. 230.
2) Flaggenbuch reprinted 1992 [neu92]; p. 101

A blue flag with a red border. Within the blue field are the golden(=yellow) figures of the royal coat of arms.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 October 2007

Barraclough/Flags of All Nations image
image by Miles Li and Mario Fabretto, 10 September 2007
Sources: Flags of All Nations (1958) [hms58]
Flags of the World (Barraclough [bar], various editions)

Flaggenbuch 1939 [neu39} showed the same flag with the proportions 550:735.
Miles Li 10 September 2007

Ceremonial Royal Standard

image by Miles Li, and Mario Fabretto,
Source: Flags of All Nations (1958) [hms58]

King as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

image by Miles Li, 10 September 2007
Sources: Flags of All Nations, Vol. 2 (1958) [hms58]

On a white background the god Vishnu, holding (clockwise from upper left hand) a sea shell, a sword, a bow and a chakra, riding on the bird Garuda, all in blue.
Miles Li, 30 August 2009

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

image by Miles Li, 10 September 2007
Sources: Flags of All Nations, Vol. 2 (1958) [hms58]

Used for when the King delegated command to another person. On a white background a Hanuman, or so-called monkey god, with its left hand holding a sword, and its right hand raised in benediction all in blue.
Miles Li, 30 August 2009

Naval Jack

image by Miles Li, 15 September 2009
Source: Flags of All Nations (1955) [hms55]

The former Cambodian Naval Jack became obsolete in 1970.
Miles Li, 7 September 2007

Chief of Naval Staff: Ensign

image by Jaume Ollé
Source: Flags of All Nations (1958) [hms58]