Real Club Náutico de Puerto Pollensa Yacht Club (Spain)

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by José Carlos Alegría

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I am on the Committee of my local yacht club, which was founded nearly 40 years ago, we have a handsome flag. We are about the rewrite the club statutes, which shall include a written description of the flag. The club founders included a German aristocrat (Baron Bach, from Hamburg) and I think that may well have something to do with the fact that it is rather similar to the old German Imperial [war] flag, though on a red ground with a green canton. There is a royal crown in the green canton, as King Juan Carlos of Spain allowed us to be a 'royal' yacht club a few years ago. Do you know if this white/black/white cross has any special name, and if it is derived in any way from the cross of St John?

John Lynch-Cummins, 8 November 1999

I believe this cross —which bears obvious resemblance to the one on the 1871-1918 German Imperial Ensign