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zachary harden
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by Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001
The pre WW2 Estonian naval jack is still in use today,
according to the French navy flag book. In the inter-war period,
it was also the flag used on coastal fortresses (source: German
navy flag book, 1939). I do not know whether this is still so
today.
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 November 1996
Before the war Estonia had at least three flags, one blue,
black, white for civil use, another with the arms in the middle
for the state and the same but swallow-tailed as war ensign.
There was also a jack based on the jack of Russia.
Pascal Vagnat, 27 November 1995
Estonia's naval ensign is as you described. The national flag
defaced with the shield of the state arms is the flag of the
Minister of Defense; defaced with the full state arms it is the
presidential flag. The Estonian jack is white with a wide blue
cross over a narrow black saltire. There is also a range of
military and naval rank flags; these are two-point swallow tailed
light blue-white vertical bicolors with horizontal golden yellow
stripes top and/or bottom to indicate the specific rank. Most
also display the shield of the arms.
Tom Gregg, 8 January 1998
According to the French Navy Album, issue 2000 [pay00] - Naval Ensign ---/--W (7:13)
- Three tailed tricolour with lesser coat of arms off-set towards hoist.
Construction details given are (27+27+24):(9+5+14+5+9). Coats of arms used
in my image is taken from <http://www.rk.ee/symb/rvvappe.html>
and resized as appropriate.
Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001
Same ensign with same proportion and construction details is
mentioned in Flaggenbuch.
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2001
Estonia 1941: The state ensign is the blue, black, white flag
of today with the arms of the state in the center, extending into
the upper and lower stripes, and swallow tailed with two
indentations and three points, so that the top indentation ends
at the bottom of the blue stripe and the bottom one begins with
the top of the white stripe. I assume that the state flag is the
same but not swallow tailed. The jack is similar to the current
Russian one, white with a narrow black saltire under a blue
cross.
Nathan Augustine, 5 December 1995
Along with only Germany and Danzig, Estonia was one of the few
countries that did not have a true swallow tailed flag. However,
its state ensign has three tails.
Nathan Augustine, 14 June 1996
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by Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001
I made a drawing according to the description in the German navy
flag book of 1939 of the Estonian Navy Jack. The flag is 7:11,
the saltire equals 1 part, the George's cross 2 parts. As you
know, the blue in Estonian flags is special, a bit dusty. I tried
to find a suitable match in the Browser Safe palette, and came up
with 102-153-204.
Jan Oskar Engene, 20 November 1996
According to the French Navy Album, issue 2000 [pay00] - Jack (7:11) - White flag
with black saltire and over it a blue cross throughout. Width of
the blue cross is 2/7 of the hoist, width of saltire 1/7.
Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001
Also mentioned as coast-guard ensign in Flaggenbuch.
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2001
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by Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001
According to the French Navy Album, issue 2000 [pay00] - Masthead Pennant - White
pennant tapering toward the point in the fly from about the half
of the length with the national tricolour at hoist. The total
ratio seems to be about 1:20, the flag at hoist is about 1:3.
Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001
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by Zachary Harden, 10 October 2022
From the "Description and Procedure of Use of the Symbols of the Defense Forces" (Ministry of Defence Regulation No. 18 of 19.11.2018):
(10) The auxiliary ship's flag (Abilaeva lipp) is the Estonian flag with three points (swallow tailed with two
indentations and three points), with a small national coat of arms in the corner. The ratio of the width to the length of the flag is 7:13.
Zachary Harden, 10 October 2022