Rear Admiral's Flag (Israel)

Aluf

Last modified: 2005-01-22 by santiago dotor
Keywords: rear admiral | triangle: hoist (white) | star: 6 points (blue outlined) | sword (yellow) | branch: olive (yellow) | leaf: fig (yellow) | pennant | sword (white) | branch: olive (white) | anchor (white) |
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2:3
by Željko Heimer

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Description

Album des Pavillons 2000 shows it as the naval ensign, ratio 2:3, defaced in the lower fly with a golden emblem, consisting of a sword and branch crossed in saltire and above them a [fig] leaf. This is the emblem of the IDF rank called Aluf in Hebrew, which is equivalent to Major General and Rear Admiral in Western tradition (i.e. two-star general). As the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy holds Aluf rank himself, this flag is presumably used as distinguishing flag when another Aluf is present on a navy vessel. Maybe the caption in Album des Pavillons 2000 should say Rear-Admiral and Major General.

Željko Heimer, 10 February 2002

My source for this flag is an article by Zvi Ruder in Flag