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While preparing myself for the review of Colombian pages in
Album 2000 [pay00] I stumbeled at
one discrepancy namely the admirals flag series is presented
there with images not confoming with the construction details
given. It is written: ratio 2:3, (8+4+8):(13+4+13), size of ball
not specified.
However, the images have the cross considerably thinner then this
would give. The ball's diameter seem to be 1/3 of the blue fields
height.
Željko Heimer, 13 May 2001
Images in [pay00] are taken
from "reglamento de ceremonial maritimo, 1991".
Construction details should be discarded, they come from previous
Album 1995. I will change it in next corr 1.
Armand du Payrat, 14 May 2001
image by Jaume Ollé and Eugene Ipavec, 17 July
2006
Appears only at Flaggenbuch [neu92].
Probably Obsolete.
Jaume Ollé
image by Jaume Ollé and Eugene Ipavec, 17 July
2006
Appears only at Flaggenbuch [neu92].
Probably Obsolete.
Jaume Ollé
image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
From Album 2000 [pay00] -
Commander of the Navy (2:3) - National flag with a black anchor
overall in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
Variants
image by Jaume Ollé and Eugene Ipavec, 17 July
2006
image by Jaume Ollé and Eugene Ipavec, 17 July
2006
image by Jaume Ollé and Eugene Ipavec, 17 July
2006
image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
Blue field with a white cross and a white disc in each of the
four quarters.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999
From Album 2000 [pay00] -
Admiral (2:3) - (Light) blue flag with white cross and a white
ball in each of the quarters. As we already concluded, the
consturction details given by the figure are wrong - however, I
was not able to get any "normal" numbers looking at the
image (it seems that the cross width is about 0.12 of the hoist,
white the balls have diameters about 0.16 - are there any
guidelines in the source? somehow I doubt). anyway, I tried to
follow the figures in Album as close as possible. The dark blue
version that was published in earlier issues of Album is, I
guess, errorneous, and was based on incomplete information
available at the time, and are not some earlier versions now
obsolete.
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
image by Eugene Ipavec and Ivan Sache, 24
January 2008
image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
Same but with a white disc in only quarters 1, 2 and 3.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999
From Album 2000 [pay00] -
Vice-Admiral (2:3) Same flag as for admiral but with only three
balls (lower fly empty).
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
image by Eugene Ipavec and Ivan Sache, 24
January 2008
image by Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
Same but with a white disc in only quarters 1 and 3.
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999
From Album 2000 [pay00] -
Rear-Admiral (2:3) - Same flag as admiral, with balls in 1st and
3rd quaters.
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001
image by Ivan Sache, 12 August 1999
Same as current, but with inversed colours.
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939-1941), facsimile edition
(1992) [neu92].
Ivan Sache , 12 August 1999
Ivan Sache reports from Flaggenbuch flag with iversed
colours , but I guess the blue is there dark blue. Is that right?
Any idea when the inversion (and lightening of the blue) was
made? There is only one other flag (I mention it letter on) of
"this series" reported from Flaggenbuch [neu92] - were there no other rank
flags at the time?
Željko Heimer, 22 May 2001