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![[Chief of the General Staff (used afloat) (Israel)]](../images/i/il~cgs.gif)
6:11 | canton 8:11
by Joseph McMillan
Same as for the Minister of Defence, but the badge consisting of a combination of a sword, wings, anchor, and olive branch, all within an olive wreath. Source: Ministry of Defence 1974.
Joseph McMillan, 7 November 2000
This is the naval version of the flag, used probably only when the Chief of the General Staff is visiting a naval facility. The one that is in his chambers is crimson.
Dov Gutterman, 7 November 2000
In an article in Flagmaster no.059, Zvi Ruder specifies the anchor in the Chief of the General Staff and Commander of the Naval Force badge is twisted the other way round. In Flags of All Nations 1958 both badges are gold. This is the way I presented them in the Album des Pavillons, correction no.30 (and now in oncoming Album des Pavillons 2000) and they were at the time checked both by Zvi Ruder and Nahum Shereshevsky.
Armand Noel du Payrat, 7 November 2000
The plates I copied from Ministry of Defence 1974 are not in color. They are shown in black, white, and gray. That means the Minister of Defence and the Chief of General Staff (and other) flags could well be purple or red rather than blue and that the badges could be gold or gold and silver as well as white. The only distinction of colors is that the blue in the national flag in the Minister of Defence and the Chief of General Staff canton is shown as light gray while the field of these and the other flags is shown as black. The Magen David on the other command flags is shown in the same black as the field, while the Magen David on the naval ensign is shown as gray. The anchor in my image is from scans of Ministry of Defence 1974 so the design may have changed somewhat since then.
Joseph McMillan, 7 November 2000
About the general Staff chief the emblem that I have is a bit different. It is same but gold and with anchor mirrorred. I'm not sure if was a misinterpretation of mine (or perhaps emblem mirrored is only in the 1955 version) or is a rotation in my image or in that of Joseph McMillan. Flag in blue I believe that is from the Chief of General Staff when he is afloat. In land color must be purple. If I don't remember wrong Album des Pavillons 1990 shows image in purple colour and gold emblem. Israeli flag in canton is in blue color of the same shade as the national flag rather than sky blue.
Jaume Ollé, 11 November 2000
Israeli flags use the same shade of blue (...). Rank flags use the same shade of blue for the Magen David and stripes in the canton as for the background.
Dov Gutterman, 8 September 2001
![[Commander of the Naval Force (Israel)]](../images/i/il^cnf.gif)
6:11 | canton 8:11
by Joseph McMillan
An adaptation of the naval ensign with the white badge in the lower fly consisting of the sword, anchor, and olive branch. Source: Ministry of Defence 1974.
Joseph McMillan, 7 November 2000
In an article in Flagmaster no.059, Zvi Ruder specifies the anchor in the Chief of the General Staff and Commander of the Naval Force badge is twisted the other way round. In Flags of All Nations 1958 both badges are gold.
Armand Noel du Payrat, 7 November 2000
I believe that [this image of the flag of the] Navy Commander must be the 1955 version (later changed). In the 1955 version the emblem is exactly the one posted, but was mirrored later. Both versions are with gold emblem (instead white).
Jaume Ollé, 11 November 2000