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Kingdom of Romania 1872-1948

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Romania

Royal Standards

Coat of arms

located at http://www.cimec.ro/Istorie/Unire/coat.htm
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 blazonery, 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

Royal standards, 1922-1947

by Mario Fabretto

I hope that Mario Fabretto will not mind, but I took his flag of the king of Romania and modified it to develop three new royal flags: the queen's standard, the crown prince's standard, and the standard of other princes.
Calvin Paige Herring, 30 April 1998

Queen's standard:

by Calvin Paige Herring from rendering by Mario Fabretto

Crown prince's standard:

by Calvin Paige Herring from rendering by Mario Fabretto

Other prince's standard:

by Calvin Paige Herring from rendering by Mario Fabretto

Queen Mother's Standard:

by Calvin Paige Herring

This flag was somewhat unique in that it appears to have had a pink background.
Calvin Paige Herring, 1999-JAN-03

I didn't find the "queen mother standard" in my exemplar of Flaggenbuch. It is the source?.

I believe that a range of royals standards were adopted 24-APR-1922, and previosely the royal standard was a square national flag with full arms and a crown in each corner (without crowns for the heir prince). Before 1921 no standard for the queen or queen mother is reported in my sources.
Jaume Ollé, 6 January 1999

In the additional pages for the Flaggenbuch (1939), it is there.
Calvin Paige Herring, 06 January 1999

by Calvin Paige Herring

Naval Rank Flags

The following flags are from Flaggenbuch (1939): corvette captain, frigate captain, rear admiral, vice admiral, and vice admiral as chief of the Naval Service.
Calvin Paige Hering, 02 Mayh 1998

Vice admiral as chief of navy:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Vice admiral:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Rear admiral:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Corvette captain:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Frigate captain:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Governmental Flags

War minister:

by Calvin Paige Herring

The flag of the War Minister (known later as the Minister of Defense) was the same throughout the Kingdom era. It remained unchanged until around 1952 when a new flag was adopted. Following the collapse of Communism, the government resumed using the traditional flag; however, the font of the "M" was changed.

I will be submitting the current, revised version later as well as the 1965 version.

Other Ministers:

by Calvin Paige Herring

The flag for use by the heads of other ministeries of the Kingdom of Romania was a square version of the civil flag/ensign or, more simply, a square, tricolored banner of blue, yellow and red.

I'm not sure if this flag has been readopted.

Calvin Paige Herring, 2 May 1998

Navy Jack, 1921

by Calvin Paige Herring

War flag and ensign:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Flag of a naval officer as the captain of a merchant ship:

by Calvin Paige Herring

River police:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Postal service:

by Calvin Paige Herring

Pilot:

by Calvin Paige Herring

World War II Rank Flags

Naval rank flags

Like many nations that fought with Germany in World War II, Romania modified its symbolism in one way or another to either aid in identification or to emulate its German allies. Romania changed many of its rank flags from the tricolor to, for lack of a better phrase, a tricolor and cross. These are all based on images from the Flaggenbuch [gfb39].
calvin paige herring, 1999-JAN-03