Flags/Banners of Macedonia

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Originally Posted by VMRO

Green depicts Islam.

Well aware but in this context, Islam would be referring to the Ottoman Empire. As far as the Macedonian peasant was concerned, Islam was merely the religion of the "Turks" and as the colour was used by the administration, it was therefore also the colour of the "Turks"

[VMRO]

Originally Posted by Liberator of Makedonija

Well aware but in this context, Islam would be referring to the Ottoman Empire. As far as the Macedonian peasant was concerned, Islam was merely the religion of the "Turks" and as the colour was used by the administration, it was therefore also the colour of the "Turks"

Correct, At that time religion was still a factor to describe the different segments of the empire.

Islam was the Ottoman Empire at that time, they had most of the important holy sites in the middle East still in 1900.



the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire featured a green flag at left (representing the Caliphate) and red flag at right (representing the Sultanate)

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Flag of the Kumanovo četa



Flag of the Kratovo četa



Another flag from the Ohrid četa



Flag of the Demi Hisar četa

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Flag used during the Melnik Uprising, later used in Ilinden



Flag used during the Neguš Uprising



Flag of the VMRO (Autonomist)



Mijak flag from the 15th century



MPO banner from 1927



Proposed flag for the Kruševo Republic

[maco2envy]

What does the last flag say?

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Originally Posted by maco2envy

What does the last flag say?

20 July. The date of the Ilinden Uprising in the old calender.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Flag of the Gemidžite. Is anyone able to translate? This one is lost on me.

[VMRO]

Originally Posted by Liberator of Makedonija

Flag of the Gemidžite. Is anyone able to translate? This one is lost on me.

I believe the closest translation is, "WE ARE CLINGING FOR MACEDONIA"

Pavel Shatev was known to have said the above.

[Liberator of Makedonija]

To rexamine the potential forgery in some VMRO banners, let's bring up one of the Ohrid ones again.

Here's just one of the images used by the Bulgarians today:



And here's a poster made in Sofia in the 1930s, depicting the same image in the background but clearly with no Bulgarian tricolour:

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Emblem of the 'Union of Macedonian Youth Organisations'



Flag from the 'Macedonian Youth Organisation' in Ruse c. 1925



Another flag from the Kumanovo četa



Seal of the Plovdiv branch of the 'Macedonian Women's Union'