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[Church pennant of the Netherlands] by Jarig Bakker, 20 Aug 2005
 

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Dutch Churchpennant

On 22 April 1998 David Prothero asked: The Royal (British) Navy Church pennant was, and still is, red over white over blue with the Cross of St. George at the hoist. This could be construed as the English flag and the Dutch flag joined together.
So what's the Dutch Church pennant?" The kerkwimpel (church pennant) of the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) is the same (Dutch tricolour with Cross of St. George at the hoist).
Source: [ped80] Pedersen 1980.
Mark Sensen, 22 Apr 1998

At this page there is a UK church pennant from the 1913 Royal Handbook of Signaling.
Hopes this adds to the confusion.
Phil Nelson, 20 Aug 2005

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[Old church pennant] by Jarig Bakker, 20 Aug 2005

OTOH, "Nederland, Commando- en Onderscheidings-Vlaggen, Standaarden en Wimpels" (1910) shows a triangle 1:3, just red-white-blue.
Mark Sensen, 22 Apr 1998

I dug out a Dutch Signalling Book of c. 1920 ("Internationaal Seinboek"), which has a church pennant of Red, White and Blue in a trapezoid form, the stripes tapering, propor