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Naval Jack (The Netherlands)

Marine geus

by Mark Sensen, 17 Jul 2002

Dutch Naval Jack
Dutch Navy in WW2

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Dutch Naval Jack

The naval jack is a gironny of 12, blue, white, red.
Source: [bro68] Brockhous Enzyklopaedie 1968
Pascal Vagnat, 2 May 1996

On 20 April 1931 (re-confirmed 31 August 1958) this design replaced the national tricolour as jack. Flags with gironnies were the traditional jacks of the 17^th century.
Mark Sensen, 27 January 1996

The Dutch naval jack is known as the Dubbele Prinsengeus (Double Princejack). It is for use by the Royal [Netherlands] Navy only. Civilians can use a design with lesser gironnies (mostly 8) as jack.
Mark Sensen, 6 June 1998

We have these gyronny jacks in NL:

1) NL naval jack ...
2) NL civil jack ...
3) NL Brielle jack (Brielse Geus) ...

Brielle, also called Den Briel, is a small town in South Holland at the river Meuse close to the North Sea. During the revolt against Spanish administration in the Netherlands, it was 1 april 1572 the first city to be conquered by troops ("watergeuzen", kind of guerilla at sea) supporting Prince William of Orange. ...
About the Dutch word geus - pluralis geuzen - which can mean "jack" (vex) or "resistance fighter". It is has been derived form French: gueux = beggar. Originally a nickname, gueux became a name of honour in the struggle