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Flag on the SS Emanuel 1934 (Zionist Flags, Israel)

Picture in National Geographic
Description in the Public Record Office
Similar flag in Larousse Dictionary

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Zionist Flags and other Proposals (Israel)
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Picture in National Geographic

by Željko Heimer

National Geographic 1934, p. 373 shows a b/w photo of a "Zionist" waving a flag horizontally divided light over dark (the caption indeed says it is white over blue) with the "Shield of David" in the center, counterchanged (that is, it is dark on the light half of the flag and light on the dark half.)

Nick Artimovich, 1 April 1996

There is a photo in the National Geographic 1934, p. 373 with the following caption:

The 'Emanuel', flying a Palestine flag, anchors at Southampton, England. This Jewish trading vessel was the first to fly her country's new banner. Palestine, under British mandate, has a badge (see No. 419), but its Jewish population has created this flag of their own — Solomon's seal on a field of blue and white.

The flag in the picture appears to be blue over white with a large Star of David set near the hoist and counterchanged in colors. In its center appears the letter 'H' in an unknown color but obviously not blue or white. The photo is black and white.

Dave Martucci, 3 November 1996

I recently bought in Frankfurt an atlas from 1932, inside which was a loose map, entitled Der Nahe Osten (The Near East). The map was from the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper and printed in 1941. (...) The flag for Palestine is a simple blue over white, which is similar to that on the Israel pages with the Star of David. Maybe the German paper used that flag and omitted the Jewish symbol?

Roger Moyer, 9 November 1996

The flag in National Geographic 1917 is blue over white, the seal shifted to the hoist, lower part of the seal blue, top of the seal looks golden or similar, not white. Proportions: not evident, c. 2:3. Here is a scan.

Jarig Bakker, 23 February 2002

Description in the Public Record Office

by Željko Heimer

In 1934 it was reported that the Steam Ship Emanuel flew a Zionist flag described as being Solomon's Seal counterchanged in the centre of a light blue over dark blue flag. Source: Public Record Office, Kew: CO 323/1333/1.

David Prothero, 22 February 2002

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