Georgia: Flags of the Border Forces, 1999-2004

Last modified: 2006-10-07 by ivan sache
Keywords: border forces | commander-in-chief | coast guard | cross (white) | sunbeams: 52 (yellow) | saltire (blue) | star: 7 points (white) | saltire (white) |
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• Overview
• Flag of the Border Forces
• Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Forces
• Flag of the Cost Guard
• Ensign of the Coast Guard

See also:

• Georgia
• Georgia: Military flags, 2004
• Georgia: Naval flags, 1997-2004

Overview

In 2001, J. Rimann published four flags of the Georgian Border Forces.
The flags of the Border Forces were adopted by President E. Shevardnadze's Decree No 507 (25 August 1999).
The emblem in the centre of the flags is the arms of the Border Forces. That ideogram has been known since Ist-IInd centuries. That symbol was shown on ancient Georgian coins and border stones, now kept in the Georgian State Museum.
In the two first flags shown below, the ideogram is encircled with 52 sunbeams, symbolizing the 52 weeks of the year.

Victor Lomantsov, 30 March 2002

Flag of the Border Forces

Flag of the Border Forces - Image by Victor Lomantsov, 30 March 2002

Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Forces

Standard of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Forces - Image by Victor Lomantsov, 30 March 2002

Flag of the Coast Guard

Flag of the Coast Guard - Image by Victor Lomantsov, 30 March 2002

Ensign of the Coast Guard

Ensign of the Coast Guard - Image by Victor Lomantsov, 30 March 2002