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Like many nations that fought with Germany in World War II, Romania
modified its symbolism in one way or another to either aid in
identification or to emulate its German allies. Romania changed many of
its rank flags from the tricolor to, for lack of a better phrase, a
tricolor and cross. These are all based on images from the
Flaggenbuch (1939).
Calvin Paige Herring, 3 January 1999
A square flag vertically divided blue and red with a yellow cross throughout
widening towards the edges, defaced in the middle with a white emblem of the
Ministry. The emblem consists of wings, a shield of arms of Romania, an anchor
with cable and the Iron Crown at the top.
From the image in
Flaggenbuch (1939) I would hardly guess
what was indeed in the shield of the emblem, but from Paige Herring provided
images that made it rather obvious. I don't know if he had some other sources
confirming it, or if it is his conclusion (which seems quite logical, but for
the sake of "scholarliness" I must point this out).
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
As above but without the wings. I am not quite satisfied either with my
translation of the title. Obviously it is the "first deputy" of the Minister
responsible for the marine part of the "Air Transport and Marine". It is not
clear if these two flags were the only ones used, or if the
square flag with an M continued to be used for War Minister and other
ministers.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
As above but without both wings and the shield of arms (i.e. only cabled
anchor and crown), with two white five-pointed stars, one in each blue quarter.
This flag apparently replaced the one found in 1939 edition.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
As the flag for C-in-C when Vice Admiral, but only one star in canton. The
existence of this variant might suggest that there was something similar also in
the previous flag set.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
A flag patterned similarly to those above, but without any emblem in the
middle, and with a white five-pointed star in canton. What about 2 star flag for
the Vice Admiral? Probably there was no need as he would already be C-in- C and
use the flag above, but theoretically... there might have been something
prescribed. Again, this flag apparently replaced the one found in 1939 edition.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
Square flag of the same pattern as previous flags without any defacement.
There was no commodore flag in 1939 set.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
The "tricolour and cross" flag in swallow-tailed form. The two tricolour
flags for lesser naval ranks shown in 1939 edition were presumably abandoned
with the introduction of these. Any confirmation? The ratio proposed above is
based on measurement of the image in
Flaggenbuch (1939) 36 x 44 mm.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
The same flag in triangular format. Apparently there was no matching flag
prescribed before 1941.
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
Triangular pennant vertically divided in blue-yellow-red. I am not sure if my
translation of the title is right, so here it is in German: Stander der
höchsten staatlichen Würdenträger. The flag is very similar to the pennant
of the Lt-Commander shown in 1939 edition (this may confirm suspicion that the
LtC and Cdr flag were dropped in 1941). It is not entirely the same - the
relative widths of the stripes and the overall ratio is slightly different, but
this is certainly not a significant difference (and may be just an artefact of
drawing/printing).
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002
~1:26, by Željko Heimer
The long triangular pennant vertically divided in the national tricolour. The
image in
Flaggenbuch (1939) is "cut-out" in the
middle, so it is very hard to judge the ratio. My drawing 1:26~ is probably too
short. Apparently, prior to this no masthead pennant was reported, so maybe it
was officially adopted only in 1941. But, I'd guess that similar tricolour
pennants must have been used since mid-19th century. Also, there seems to be no
report of the masthead pennant from the Communist period. So it seems it was
reintroduced only after 1995 (it appears in Corr 27 of
Album des Pavillons, 2000).
Željko Heimer, 27 December 2002