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Israel – Flag Contest 1948: proposals with a candelabrum or 'Menorah'

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Keywords: candelabrum | menorah | stars: 7 (white) | stars: 7 (yellow) | star: 6 points (white) | star: 6 points (yellow) | text: hebrew (black) |
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Proposal no.44, anonymous

[1948 proposal no.44 (Israel)]
images both by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original image from the Centre of Educational Technology.

The subscription Netzakh Le-Israel means eternity to Israel.
Dov Gutterman, 19 February 1999

I suspect that what's yellow in the original picture was supposed to be white, appearing yellow due to the paper aging only. So, my approach would be the drawing of a traditional blue over white flag and placing the other elements in gold and black.
Jorge Candeias, 22 February 1999

Proposal no.57 by Joachim Shniblag

[1948 proposal no.57 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original image from the Centre of Educational Technology.

No. 57 is supposed to be by Joachim Shniblag and no. 58 by Benyamin Bergi. Is it so? They are so similar!
Thanh-Tâm Lê, February 1999

That is the information in the website. No. 59 also looks to belong to the same series but has yet another designer. I guess that someone took the [written] proposals and made them real [drawings] by using the same tools.
Dov Gutterman, 28 February 1999

Proposal no.58 by Benyamin Bergi

[1948 proposal no.58 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original image from the Centre of Educational Technology.

Proposal no.60, anonymous

[1948 proposal no.60 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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You may notice that the same materials were used as in previous proposals, but in quite another flag style. It makes me think that someone took written proposals and made real samples from them.
Dov Gutterman, 2 March 1999

Proposal no.61 by Nissim Shtrick

[1948 proposal no.61 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original image from the Centre of Educational Technology.