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3:4
1:2
images both by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original
image from the Centre of Educational Technology.
A little unclear info in the site: In one place this proposal
is from Yedidya Refaeli on July 30, 1948, and in the accompanied
letter it says it is from Henry Rachevski on Aug. 5, 1948.
Dov Gutterman, 23 February 1999
I am a bit troubled by this flag. It looks as if it had been
horizontally shrunk. What I find strange is that it thus has
exactly the same dimension as other flags in the series (namely
187 × 247, which I interpret as 3:4), whereas it appears with normal
stars of David once stretched to a 1:2 ratio. Besides, the shade
of blue is a bit lighter on my image, but then, so are the white
and red.
Thahn-Tâm Lê, 24 February 1999
images both by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original
image from the Centre of Educational Technology.
Another unclear information: this proposal is from either
Reuven Rubin or Zvi Goldin. In my opinion, the stars were meant
to be dark blue.
Dov Gutterman, 24 February 1999
These proposals are not very clear. I am sending two variants,
one with dark blue stars as Dov Gutterman suggested, the
other one with dark red-brown stars as shown on the original
image. Arguably dark red-brown could have been initially dark
red, but this is purely hypothetical.
Thahn-Tâm Lê, 24 February 1999
I believe that it could be argued that the stars were
initially golden. At least in some old books where there is
golden print, it became rather brownish due to time.
eljko Heimer, 27 February 1999
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original
image from the Centre of Educational Technology.
I suppose that the yellowish stripes to the left and right are originally white. Santiago Dotor said, "Actual proportions in the CET image are 72:79:96. I think the horizontal assymetry is far too big to be unintentional". If we assume that the blue stripe is to be centered, taking the average of the width of this stripe in the three flags no.54, no. 55 and no. 56, this means that the proportions would be 9:8:9 or even 10:9:10.
If we do not recenter the stripe, the proportions between the stripes are approximately: 9:10:12 (no.54), 3:4:5 (no. 55, leaving aside the golden stripes), 5:5:6 (no. 56). Of course, none of the three images is horizontally centered. But if you consider the central star, you realise it is even more outcentered vertically than horizontally!!! And looking at no.54, I really think that it should be centered vertically. So, frankly, I think that the flag should be horizontally and vertically centered. Not equal stripes, but maybe 9:8:9. Even the size of the central star varies, I am using the one on proposals no. 54 and no. 55.
John S. Ayer said, "Looks to me to be quite close to the proportions 30:33:37 stipulated by the French for their tricolor at sea. Perhaps Mr. Adlersberg meant to create a similar effect?". I thought of that too, and it is a possibility. But the proportions in no.54, no. 55 and no. 56 are not quite the same ...
Thanh-Tâm Lê, 26 February 1999
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original
image from the Centre of Educational Technology.
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original
image from the Centre of Educational Technology.
Proposals no.63, no.64 and no.66 were by artist Reuven Rubin.
Dov Gutterman, February 1999
The Israel State Archives are having an exhibit of many of their holdings at the
Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
In today's Jerusalem Post, one of the items shown is a flag
proposal, "by an Israeli citizen, June 8, 1948."
It is basically the reverse of the Israeli flag: dark blue with
two white stripes.
The Star of David is in gold, and on either side of it are three
smaller gold Stars of David, for a total of seven.
Nathan Lamm, 24 October 2008
The flag shown in the Jerusalem Post is obviously from the same archives as the other
proposals.
Information on the exhibit at www.imj.org.il.
eljko Heimer, 24 October 2008