Vojenská symbolika Ministerstva obrany SR a Ozbrojených síl Slovenskej republiky v priesečníku heraldiky, faleristiky a vexilológie po roku 2002

Military Symbolism of the Ministry of Defense SR and Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic at the Intersection of Heraldry, Phaleristics and Vexillology after 2002

Autor: PURDEK Imrich

PURDEK, Imrich: Vojenská symbolika Ministerstva obrany SR a Ozbrojených síl Slovenskej republiky v priesečníku heraldiky, faleristiky a vexilológie po roku 2002

PURDEK, Imrich: Military Symbolism of the Ministry of Defense SR and Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic at the Intersection of Heraldry, Phaleristics and Vexillology after 2002.

Vojenská história, 20, 4, 2016, pp. 76-110.

The aim of the study was to assess and subsequently analyse the processes of creation, development and evaluation of military symbolism of the Ministry of Defense in terms of heraldry, phaleristics and vexillology since 2002 until now. The said time milestone refers to the gradual takeover of guarantees for the development of military symbolism by the Institute of Military History under the Ministry of Defense in 2000 – 2001. In his work, the author analyzes gradually the individual guidelines determining the military symbolism and elevates their continuous improvement in terms of professionalism especially, i.e. in terms of accuracy of the terminology and principles according to the three auxiliary history studies used in military symbolism, which include heraldry, phaleristics and vexillology. In terms of content, the author divided the study in three parts. Following a short introduction, he analysed the individual stages of creation of the Slovak military symbolism in 2002 – 2016. He pointed out to several deficiencies in individual legislative standards, their gradual correction and clarified the competences, scope of operation and activity of the Committee for Military Symbols. In the subsequent parts, he focused his attention gradually on the signs and badges, military honours and battle flags. He placed each segment of military symbolism in the context, defined it, pointed out the main principles of creation thereof, mentioned the applicable legislative standards and presented examples of particular composition and content solution. For better illustration, the examples were supplemented with pictures.

Keyword: Military Symbolism. Slovak Republic. Y. 2002-2016.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2016.20.4.4

Ročník: 20 | Číslo: 4/2016 | Stránky: 76-110