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Ensigns from the Ching Dynasty (China): 3

Last modified: 2020-07-31 by ian macdonald
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  1. Navy advance guard
  2. Navy rear guard
  3. Navy port guard
  4. Navy starboard guard
  5. Message flag

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11. Navy advance guard

naval advance guard
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 October 2006
Proportions: 5:6
Source: Ching Dynasty Naval and Civil Ensigns chart (1881)

A red rectangle.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 2 October 2006

12. Navy rear guard

naval rear guard
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 October 2006
Proportions: 5:6
Source: Ching Dynasty Naval and Civil Ensigns chart (1881)

A black rectangle.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 2 October 2006

13. Navy port guard

navy port guard
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 October 2006
Proportions: 5:6
Source: Ching Dynasty Naval and Civil Ensigns chart (1881)

A blue rectangle.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 2 October 2006

14. Navy starboard guard

navy starboard guard
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 October 2006
Proportions: 5:6
Source: Ching Dynasty Naval and Civil Ensigns chart (1881)

A white rectangle.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 2 October 2006

15. Message flag

Message flag
image by Eugene Ipavec, 2 October 2006
Proportions: 5:6
Source: Ching Dynasty Naval and Civil Ensigns chart (1881)

Four horizontal stripes: black-red-black-red.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 2 October 2006

Did we ever get confirmation that it was in fact this flag? Or otherwise that we ought to list this as an unidentified flag?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 26 August 2014