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Field uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914. Parade uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914. Military ranks of the Royal Serbian Army. The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Војска Краљевине Србије, romanized: Vojska Kraljevine Srbije), known in English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 and 1918 ...
It subsequently spread throughout the civilian population of central Serbia, and in the 19th century it became an official part of the Serbian military uniform, first worn only by soldiers, then after 1903 it replaced the officer's French-style Kepis and Peaked caps. It would continue to be used by the Royal Yugoslav Army.
The Royal Serbian Guard was considered to be an elite unit of the Royal Serbian Army and only the best conscripts were chosen to serve in its ranks. In 1914 the Royal Guard numbered a few thousand men and took part in all major battles of the Balkans theatre of World War I (until the liberation in 1918 ).
Royal Serbian Army conscripts, 1901 Serbian partisans, 1941. The šajkača is believed to have originated in the Serbian region of Banat during the 18th century, when šajkaši (Serb river troops in the service of the Austrian Empire) guarded the Danube and Sava rivers against the Ottoman Empire and wore caps in the shape of an overturned chaika (Serbian: шајка) boat.
There were only three general ranks in Royal Serbian Army: General (from 1872), Army General (from 1900 to 1901) and Vojvoda (from 1901). There were only two types of shoulder cords: with double-headed eagle (from the coat of arms) for Vojvoda and without for all other General ranks.
The Serbian Army (Serbian: Копнена војска Србије, romanized: Kopnena vojska Srbije, lit. 'Serbian Land Army') is the land-based and the largest component of the Serbian Armed Forces .
Royal Serbian Army soldiers (2 C, 96 P) Pages in category "Royal Serbian Army" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The Serbian military was the first to pioneer the high-step as a military step. It is similar to the goose step, with the difference being that the knee is bent at the top of the arc. It was used by the Royal Yugoslav Army and at the time was called the "male step".