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(1:1) image by Zoltan Horvath, 17 June 2024
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The flag is square, white bordered banner of the state's arms, blue, white menorah
(seven-armed candlestick), olive branches and the name of state
beneath.
Željko Heimer, 1 April 1996
The menorah on the emblem is a depiction of an
engraving on Titus Arch in Rome of the
menorah that stood in the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem. The menorah was
looted by the Romans. Its fate is unknown.
Gideon Goldstein, 7 January 1998
The presidential flag can seen frequently at official
occasions. Since those are usually indoors, they put some kind of
frame around it to keep it spread all the time. The flag is made
of blue silk with silver strings that are woven on the silk to
make the Menorah and the border. When it is hoisted side
by side with the national flag, one can see the difference
between the white [on the national flag] and silver [on the
presidential standard]. I guess that outdoors they may use a
plain printed flag, but the so-called official one is
silver.
Dov Gutterman, 13 February 2002
Beside the known framed flag there is also an hoisted one. It
doesn't look like 1:1 but as 8:11.
Dov Gutterman, 22 June 2003
1:1
image by Zoltan Horvath, 17 June 2024
A note in Album des Pavillons
2000 explains that the version for use at sea is with yellow
border instead of white.
Željko Heimer, 6 February 2002
I never saw a naval version of the presidential flag so I
cannot tell how it looks like, however it seems odd that it would
have a silver border and gold fringes, [so possibly the silver
border is replaced by a gold one] and maybe the Menorah
is gold too?
Dov Gutterman, 13 February 2002
At the National Photo
Collection, I located photo
of historical Presidential Standard hosited on the president car.
It seems it was the state emblem on 1:1 white sqare. I guess the
emblem was blue.
The photo caption is: "THE PRESIDENTIAL EMBLEM OF THE STATE
OF ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE JEWISH AGENCY BUILDING IN JERUSALEM,
DURING INAUGURATION OF CHAIM WEIZMAN AS ISRAEL'S 1ST
PRESIDENT." it was taken on 17 February 1949.
Source: National Photo Collection, photo 7032.
Dov Gutterman, 21 June 2003
It seems that there was another version with state emblem
insted of Magen David on vertical national flag (or maybe the
above was only the car flag?) as seen in another photo from the National Photo Collection.
"PRES. CHAIM WEIZMANN (CENTRE), WITH JAMES (R) MACDONALD
& COMMANDER & MRS. GOLDBERG (L); THE BLUE AND WHITE FLAG
WAS PRESENTED TO WEIZMANN BY AMERICAN JEWISH" it was taken
on 26 October 1949.
Source: National Photo Collection, photo
7038.
Note that in a photo from 5 July 1950, you already can see the
current presidential flag .
Dov Gutterman, 22 June 2003