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Nearly the last illustration from Znamierowski [zna99] on page 251 shows part of
flagchart from "Nachtrag III zum Flaggenbuch" Berlin
1913, showing flags of yacht club officers in Austria-Hungary in
1913. In addition to the merchant flag there are nine rank flags,
one for the commodore (highest rank in YC), and two sets of four
for lower ranks and members' flag, each for either Austria or
Hungary. The difference is in the crown and the COA used - for
Austria the Austrian imperial crown and the black double eagle,
and for Hungary the St. Stephen's crown and the Hungarian COA.
It is my guess that the two sets have been in use regarding the
ports of registrations of the vessels, those in Istria, Dalmatia
and Austrian hald parts of Italy were using Austrian version,
while the vessels from Rijeka/Fiume and northern Croatian coast
used Hungarian version. I do not know how many such flags were in
use, possibly more in Italian parts of the empire (Venice,
Trieste) and maybe in Pula - being important military port where
certainly was quite a number of high ranking Austrian naval
officers living, which were naturally (probably) highest ranking
YC officers' too. Regarding Hungarian ensigns, apart from Rijeka,
and maybe Kraljevica (Porto Re) I doubt that there was importan
port that would hav YC members. But this whole paragraph is, of
course, a speculation
Zeljko Heimer , 1 April 2000
I donīt have enough sources from these countries, but
probably the rank flags were common for all the clubs. This
situation was/is the same in the United States.
Jose C. Alegria , 1 April 2000
by Zeljko Heimer , 1 April 2000
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