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klaus-michael schneider
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image by Rob Raeside, 1 June 2010, based on sketch by John McMeekin
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4:5, image by Jaume Ollé
Jaume Ollé
 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Oct 2026 |
 2:3, image by Jaume Ollé |
The flag is red with a centred white crescent recumbent (see left image above).
It is sometimes flanked by two vaning white crescents at hoist and two waxing white crescents at fly (see right image above).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Oct 2026
4:5, image by Jaume Ollé
It is a pentagonal red pennant, charged with a red 8-point star in a white disc in another red 8-point star fimbriated white.
At fly are four labels of white-red-white-red.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 Oct 2026
According to source there flags were hoisted on prow and another three on stern.
Source: Anonymus 1865 Flag Chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2026
1:2, image by Jaume Ollé
It is a swallow tail pennant horizontally divided red-white-red appr. 1:3:1 with white stripe alongside the hoist.
Jaume Ollé
According to source four flags were hoisted on starboard and another four on portside.
Source: Anonymus 1865 Flag Chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2026
 1:1, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2026 |
 1:1, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2026 |
The triangular pennants are white fimbriated blue. The white field is cahrged with a red cross pommely, representing a 4-point star, a red crescent in lower hoist and red and blue dots.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2026
 1:1, image by Jaume Ollé |
 2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2026 |
Flag is horizontally parted red-white-blue-red-white-blue.
Jaume Ollé
KOI MA-RAU flown at sea, (I like banana leaves).
John McMeekin, 24 Feb 2015
1:1, image by Jaume Ollé and John McMeekin, 24 Feb 2015
Red triangular pennant bordered white for village chiefs (minor headmen).
John McMeekin, 24 Feb 2015
According to source six flags were hoisted on starboard and another six on portside.
Source: Anonymus 1865 Flag Chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2026
1:1, image by Jaume Ollé
Red-white vertical rectangular pennant with two white swallow tail kabels at top and bottom.
Jaume Ollé
According to source four flags were hoisted on starboard and another four on portside.
Source: Anonymus 1865 Flag Chart
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 28 Oct 2026
image by John McMeekin, 24 Feb 2015
Marked "Bandera" the modern spelling is BENDERA CHALIFA or Battalion Flag, this flag is 1.27m X 1.75m long,
it reads at the top, the usual Moslem phrase, "there is no God but God & Muhammad is his Prophet".
Below in the disc is "SULTAN OF TIDORE".
John McMeekin, 24 Feb 2015
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Oct 2026
PANJI-PANJI triangular flag, with what is called a "Wimpel"(pennant) above, flown at the Sultan´s prow on his boat.
It is a red triangular pennant cotised white-red with an additional swallow tail streamer parted horizontally of red-white-red-
John McMeekin, 24 Febr 2015
image by John McMeekin, 24 Feb 2015
KOI MA-RAU special flag for Chiefs (like banana leaves), flown by the Headmen of "marieku loah isa".
John McMeekin, 24 Feb 2015
The territory of the Sultanate in 1800 is painted red.
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