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Romania - Rank Flags Since 1989

România

Minister of National Defence
Chief of General Staff
Chief of Naval Staff
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Fleet or Flotilla Commander
Major Naval Unit Commander
Naval Unit Commander

See also:

Minister of National Defence

1:1, by Zeljko Heimer after Album des Pavillons (2000)

A square national tricolour with with a white letter M in the middle of the blue stripe. According to Calvin Paige Herring a similar flag was used during the royal era (since the mid-19th century?) with minor differences in the rendering of the letter M. It was dropped in 1952, but it is not clear what was used until 1965 when a "white ensign" with a red star was adopted. The M flag was readopted in early 1990's (when?), now with a somewhat different letter. If Flaggenbuch (1939) and Album des Pavillons (2000) both have valid representations of the letter prescribed, the difference is in width of the lines (1939 is "fatter"). Also in Flaggenbuch the central lower point of the letter reaches almost (but not quite) to the base of the letter, while in Album it reaches only about the half way down. Flaggenbuch has this
point "sharp" (i.e. triangular) and Album has it horizontally "cut off". Of course, either of the two sources might not be very precise about these detai