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Kingdom of Egypt (1922-1952): Rank flags

Last modified: 2016-01-13 by ian macdonald
Keywords: anchors: 2 (white) | swords: 2 (white) | crescent | stars: 4 (white) | stars: 5 (white) | rear admiral | vice admiral | lieutenant general | major general | ambassador |
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Admiral

[Admiral's flag] image by Mohamed Hossam and Miles Li, 19 May 2009

The rank flag of an admiral, according to Jane's Fighting Ships, was green with three stars.
Mohamed Hossam, 18 August 2005


Vice admiral's flag

[Vice admiral's flag] image by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004
Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

The naval ensign with two white stars added one in each fly corner.
Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004

[Vice admiral's flag] Mohamed Hossam and Miles Li, 19 May 2009

This naval rank flag is as shown according to Jane's Fighting Ships.
Miles Li, 19 May 2009


Rear admiral's flag

[Rear admiral's flag] image by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004
Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

The naval ensign with a white star added in top fly corner.
Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004

[Vice admiral's flag] Mohamed Hossam and Miles Li, 19 May 2009

This naval rank flag is as shown according to Jane's Fighting Ships.
Miles Li, 19 May 2009


Senior officer afloat pennant

[Senior officer afloat pennant] image by Željko Heimer, 14 November 2004

The naval ensign in the form of a broad pennant (triangular swallow-tailed).
Željko Heimer, 14 November 2004


Seniority pennant

[Seniority pennant] image by Mohamed Hossam and Miles Li, 19 May 2009

The Seniority pennant was triangular, green, with a single white star.
Mohamed Hossam, 18 August 2005

The 1939 Flaggenbuch doesn't show this flag, but is it not meant to represent a Command Pennant assuming that such actually existed in the Royal Egyptian Navy? I also wonder if it's the equivalent of the pennant flown by the Austro-Hungarian and (as far as I know) by the German navies to indicate the presence on board of a comparatively junior officer who is a group leader - that is a Commodore's pennant but hoisted by means of headstick and attached cord rather than directly to the mast via the halyard?
Christopher Southworth, 30 June 2010


Major General's flag

[Major General's flag] image by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004
Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

The army flag with two white stars added one in each fly corner.
Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004


Lieutenant General's flag

[Lieutenant General's flag] image by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004
Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

The army flag with a white star added in top fly corner.
Željko Heimer, 13 November 2004


Army Regimental Flags

[Army Regimental Flag] image by Mohamed Hossam, 18 August 2005

Army Regimental Flags were fringed national flags with ribbons with victories in which the unit took part. The most common one was "Filastin" (Palestine) for the 1948 war.
Mohamed Hossam, 18 August 2005


Ambassador's and envoy's flag

[Ambassador's and envoy's flag] image by Željko Heimer, 14 November 2004

The national flag with two additional stars one in each fly corner.
Željko Heimer, 14 November 2004


Lance pennant of the Royal Guard

The lance pennant of the Royal Guard was blue over red, today it is the pennant of the Presidential Guard.
Mohamed Hossam, 18 August 2005


Air Force Rank Flags

The rank flags of the Air Force were similar to British ones, but with green and white stripes.
Mohamed Hossam, 18 August 2005

Air Vice Marshal

[Air force  flag] image by Miles Li, 16 May 2009

After the country became a republic (1953) the crescent flag set was retained for some time and a republican rank flag is shown in Kannik’s ‘Alverdens Flag i Farver’ (1956) and in a British edition ‘A Handbook of Flags’ (1958). The image here is taken from the second book, ill. 576 p. 91 (in both books), drawing by Wilhelm Petersen. The flagpole is on the right as that is the position the other Egyptian flags are shown in. Two green horizontal stripes edge the white field, a couple of two narrower ones are put in the centre.
Jan Mertens, 27 October 2008

Listed as "Marque du Commandant en Chef de la Flotte Aérienne" (Mark of Commander-in-Chief of the Air Fleet) in "Protocole du Royaume d'Égypte" of 1947.
Miles Li, 16 May 2008

Air Commodore

[Air force  flag] image by Miles Li, 16 May 2009

Listed as "Marque du Commandant d'Escadre de l'Air" (Mark of Commander of an Air Squad) in "Protocole du Royaume d'Égypte" of 1947.
Miles Li, 16 May 2009

Senior Flight Officer

[Air force  flag] image by Miles Li, 9 August 2009

Flag shown on Flags of All Nations Volume 2.