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Command and Rank flags <1956 (The Netherlands)
Commando- en onderscheidingsvlaggen (Nederland)
Last modified: 2003-05-02 by jarig bakker
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Introduction
In the Dutch navy there is a distiction between command flags (indicating
a function) and rank flags (indicating a rank). The designs are similar,
but the former have proportions 1:1, the latter 2:3. Until 1956, when the
present set of command and rank flags was adopted, the stars were rotated
90 degrees. According to Neubecker's "Flaggenbuch, 1939 [neu92]
the imaginary circle circumscribing a star was 9/20 of the height of the
red stripe. I don't know when this set was adopted.
Mark Sensen, 28 Jul 2002
Command flags
Admiral (Admiraal)