Crown Prince's and Crown Princess' Flags (Thailand)

Last modified: 2001-09-08 by santiago dotor
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• Crown Prince's Flag (Yaowaraj Yai)
• Crown Prince's Broad Pennant (Yaowaraj Noi)
• Crown Princess' Flag
• Crown Princess' Broad Pennant
• Crown Prince's Flag 1897-1910 (Yaowaraj)

See also:

• Other Princes' and Princesses' Flags
• Royal Flags
• Phya Khrut or Royal Garuda
• Thailand

Other sites:

• Thailand's Buddhist Era Calendar
  (Editor's note: to obtain AD dates, simply take away 543 years from the BE dates)

Yaowaraj Yai

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by Calvin Paige Herring

From the Singha Beer source:

Yaowaraj Yai
This dark blue square flag [identical to th-r-cpr.gif above] contains a yellow square, the diameter of which was half the width of the flag itself. In the middle of the flag stands a red garuda. Flown from the main mast of the Royal Yacht or the warship, it denotes the presence on board of His Majesty the King or the Crown Prince on official visit.

This flag was first used towards the end of B.E. 2453 [1910 AD] during the reign of Rama VI following a Royal Decree (R.S. 129) specifying the design and use of the two types of flag to be flown by the Crown Prince: the "Yaowaraj Yai" and the "Yaowaraj Noi". Both have been in use ever since.

Santiago Dotor, 27 October 1999

Yaowaraj Noi

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(Click on image to see full-size detail)
by Calvin Paige Herring and Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted 1911

From the Singha Beer source:

Yaowaraj Noi
This flag is divided into two parts with the left side resembling that of the Yaowaraj Yai, being slightly less than 60 cms wide. The right side, however, consists of a long white pennant that gradually tapers off to a point ending in a land of a dove tail.

This flag, which is flown in place of the Yaowaraj Yai whenever no order for a 21 gun salute has been given, have been in use from B.E. 2453 [1910 AD] down to the present.

Santiago Dotor, 27 October 1999

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by Calvin Paige Herring

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(Click on image to see full-size detail)
by Calvin Paige Herring and Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted 1911

Yaowaraj

by Jaume Ollé

The blue border matches the original source's background and is not part of the flag
from the Singha Beer source

From the Singha Beer source:

Yaowaraj
This dark blue flag [like th-heir.gif by Jaume Ollé but with B++ instead of B-- and smaller elements], measuring 5 by 6, contains the national coat of arms in the middle. The coat of arms itself is divided into three sections, the triple-headed white elephant fully-caparisoned against a plain yellow background on top symbolizes northern, central and southern Siam, the white elephant against the pink background in the bottom right hand section represents Laos while the crossed curved and straight daggers against a red background in the bottom left hand section symbolize Malaya, supporting the Chakkra with a trident through the center, on the top of which is the Crown. Flanking the coat of arms stand two five-tiered canopies.

This flag was flown [from] the must [sic — maybe "mast"?] of the Royal Yacht of ["or"?] a battleship carrying the Crown Prince whenever he was on an official trip. It denoted the presence of ["on"?] board of the Crown Prince. The flag was in use from B.E. 2440 [1897 AD] until the end of King Rama V's reign in B.E. 2453 [1910 AD].

Santiago Dotor, 27 October 1999