Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces
Unit of the Serbian Armed Forces
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- Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces
The Guard is a unit of the Serbian Armed Forces that performs ceremonial and protocol duties and secures the highest state and military sites and persons. Its insignia are a heraldic shield with the state eagle and a bordure of triangles in the colours of the tricolour.
Blazon
On a red field a silver double-headed eagle with wings raised, with gold beaks and legs, on whose breast is a small red shield with a silver cross between four silver firesteels, accompanied by two gold lilies; above the eagle's heads a crown. The bordure white, cut into points alternately red and blue, edged with gold.
Symbolism and meaning
The eagle beneath the crown expresses the Guard's link with the state and its highest institutions, and the bordure in the colours of the tricolour ceremonial service under the state flag.
