Azerbaijan: State Border Service

Dövlǝt Sǝrhǝd Xidmǝti

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• Presentation of the Border Guard
• Land flags
  • Colour of the Border Troops
  • Colour of the Border Regiments
  • Colour of the Border Units
• Naval flags
  • Flags of the Auxiliary Ships
  • Command Pennant
  • Masthead Pennant
  • Flag of the President of the Republic on board
  • Flag of the Chief of the Border Guard and Commander of the Fleet
  • Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff
  • Flag of the Commander of a Group

See also:

• Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan: Naval flags

Presentation of the Border Guard

The State Border Service (Dövlǝt Sǝrhǝd Xidmǝti, DSX), also known as Border Guard, of Azerbaijan is a government Law enforcement agency. The State Border Service of Azerbaijan was established on 31 July 2002 by Decree of President Heydar Aliyev, by removing the border troops from the control of the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan. The main duties of the border guard are to guard the Azerbaijani borders against any illegal act and to prevent illegal arms, drugs and human trafficking in the country.
The chief of the State Border Service and Commander of the Border Troops is General-Lieutenant Elchin Guliyev.

On 15 January 2004, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed a Decree prescribing and illustrating the new flags of the State Border Service (DSX).

Land flags

The obverse of the colors is similar to the national flag. The reverse of the colors is horizontally divided blue-red-green with the emblem of the Border Guard in the middle, and a golden writing in the green stripe. The flags have a golden fringe.

Ivan Sache, 20 August 2010

Color of the Border Troops (Regiments and Units)

Colour of the Border regiments and units, reverse and obverse - Images by Jens Pattke, 28 August 2010, after the official Decree

Color of the Border Regiments

Colour of the Border Regiments, reverse and obverse - Images by Jens Pattke, 28 August 2010, after the official Decree

Color of the Border Units

Colour of the Border Units, reverse and obverse - Images by Jens Pattke, 28 August 2010, after the official Decree

Naval flags

Flag of the Auxiliary Ships

Flag of the naval and coastal Auxiliary Ships - Image by Jens Pattke, 29 August 2010, after the official Decree

The flag of the auxiliary ships of the State Border Service is green with a flag in the upper canton. This flag in canton, not strictly equivalent to the Azerbaijani naval flag is a flag with proportions 3:5, white with a dark blue wavy (15 waves) cotised stripe in base. In hoist are placed a red crescent and a small eight-pointed red star, and in fly a dark grey fouled anchor.

Jens Pattke, 29 August 2010

Command Pennant

Command Pennant - Image by Jens Pattke, 29 August 2010, after the official Decree

Masthead Pennant

Masthead Pennant - Image by Jens Pattke, 29 August 2010, after the official Decree

Flag of the President of the Republic on board

Flag of the President of the Republic on board - Image by Jens Pattke, 30 August 2010, after the official Decree

The flag of the President of the Republic on baord of a ship of the Border State Service is the flag of the auxiliary vessels with the national coat of arms in lower fly.

Jens Pattke, 30 August 2010

Flag of the Chief of the Border Guard and Commander of the Fleet

Flag of the Chief of the Border Guard and Commander of the Fleet - Image by Jens Pattke, 30 August 2010, after the official Decree

Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff

Flag of the Chief of the Naval Staff - Image by Jens Pattke, 30 August 2010, after the official Decree

Flag of the Commander of a Group

Flag of the Commander of a Group - Image by Jens Pattke, 30 August 2010, after the official Decree