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from http://www.cimec.ro/Istorie/Unire/coat.htm, located by István Molnár, 25 February 2001
The Romanian government's website, coat of arms page, states:
The flags of Romania have combined the major colors of the arms
and flags of Moldavia and Wallachia since 1859. The arms formulated in 1872
were used until 1921. The change in arms reflected the Union of 1 December
1918 which transferred new areas that were formerly part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire to Romania. Necessarily, such a change modified all
flags that used the arms. The major changes were the addition of the arms of
the House of Hohenzollern, the Crown of Romania and the dolphins which
represent the Black Sea.
Calvin Paige Herring, 29 April 1998
Romania Coat-of-Arms dating back to 1921 and attesting, in terms of blazonry, to the Romanian people's fulfilment of its national desideratum. The field features a cross-bearing eagle with the insignia of power and a four-side escutcheon on its breast showing old traditional heraldic symbols; the cross-bearing eagle accompanied by the Sun and the moon (Wallachia); the auroch's head with a star between horns, flanked by the rose and a crescent (Moldavia); a lion crossing a bridge over natural waves (the Banat); a protruding eagle accompanied by the Sun, the crescent and the seven citadels (Transylvania); two facing dolphins (the country's maritime area).
Source: Bucharest State Archives, Heraldic Consultative Commission Funds, Annex, File 3. at
http://www.cimec.ro/Istorie/Unire/coat.htm
István Molnár, 25 February 2001
by Željko Heimer, based on Flaggenbuch (1939)
On a brownish textured field with blue-yellow triangle-patterned border
overall is set a yellow bordered purpule fleury cross and over it the coat of
arms of Romania: an Eagle or membered and beaked teine crowned and holding in
his beak a cross also or, in his dexter claw a sword azure handled or and in his
sinister a sceptre fleury of the last, bearing on his breast a shield quartered:
first azure an eagle displayed or beaked and membered teine holding in his beak
a cross or between a sun and a crescent also or, second gules an ox head
afrontee between a rose and a crescent and in the chief a mullet of five all or,
third gules a lion rampant issuant from a stone bridge or and in base water
azure, fourth parted by a narrow fesse gules in the chief azure an eagle sable
issuant beaked or between a sun or and a crescent argent and in the base or
seven towers embattled four and three gules, fifth in base azure two dolphins
afrontee heads to base, overall an escutcheon quartered argent and sable.
Precise adoption date unknown.
There are 13 (one invisible under the cross beam) yellow triangles along each
side and a yellow corner-piece in each corner.
Željko Heimer, 23 December 2002
by Željko Heimer, based Flaggenbuch (1939)
As the King's standard, but without the purple cross.
Željko Heimer, 23 December 2002
by Željko Heimer, based Flaggenbuch (1939)
As the King's standard, but without the cross, the main
field blue, border red with yellow triangles.
Željko Heimer, 23 December 2002
A photograph of an actual example of
this flag was posted on eBay in March 2003. Note that image is presented as the
reverse. The owner noted that it dated from the reign of Carol II (Charles II) -
this was from 1930 to 1940, which was also the time of the
Flaggenbuch (1939) edition that shows this
flag and used to construct the illustration above.
Bill Garrison, 11 March 2003
by Željko Heimer, based Flaggenbuch (1939)
As the Crown Prince's standard, but the field blue only,
without triangulated border.
Željko Heimer, 23 December 2002
Red-pinkish textured field with the coat of arms in the middle as on other
royal standards. The Queen Mother's standard is reported in the Flaggenbuch (1992)
reprint of
Flaggenbuch (1939).
Željko Heimer, 23 December 2002
1:1, by Željko Heimer, based on National Geographic (1917)
Square flag with yellow field, a blue border at hoist and red and fly, in the
middle the coat of arms and in each corner a royal crown. The coat of arms is of
the 1881 pattern (when Romania became a kingdom), and differs only marginally
from the 1872 pattern (by addition of the Order of the Crown of Romania). The
crowns in the corners appear black and white in the
National Geographic (1917) image, but I concluded that this is due to the
printing (in)abilities and I have used the fully-coloured crown (actually the
one from Calvin's 1939 Reserve Ensign). If anyone has access to an independent
source of this flag maybe they can confirm this choice of mine.
Željko Heimer, 28 December 2002
One should never be too precise in the colours when speaking of flags, apart of what officially stated in the laws and decrees. As a matter of fact, they depend on the material used to make the flag and the tints used to colour it. Different producers may comply with the official dispositions and still provide diverse shades. It is even more complex when we speak about royal symbols, as these were usually one of a kind, made out of precious materials that were unknown to ordinary flag makers. In the case of the Romanian banners, the images published on paper tried t