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Turkey: Naval rank ensigns - General officers

Last modified: 2003-01-18 by ivan sache
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The "bomb"

The basic charge of several Turkish rank ensigns is a "bomb" (fide Album des Pavillons [pay00]). A bomb is a kind of 20-pointed star with points of different length, with the sequence l<ong-small-medium-small-long> repeated four times.

Ivan Sache, 10 February 2000

Great Admiral

[Great Admiral]by Ivan Sache

Red square flag with five white bombs, placed 2 + 1 + 2.

Sources: Album des Pavillons [pay00] - Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu92]

Admiral

[Admiral]by Ivan Sache

Red square flag with four white bombs, placed 2 + 2.

Sources: Album des Pavillons [pay00] - Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu92]

Vice Admiral, upper half

[Vice Admiral upper half]by Ivan Sache

Red square flag with three white bombs, placed 1 + 2.

Sources: Album des Pavillons [pay00] - Already shown in Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu92], but as Vice Admiral ensign.

Vice Admiral, lower half

[Vice Admiral lower half]by Ivan Sache

Red square flag with two white bombs, placed vertically in the middle of the flag.

Sources: Album des Pavillons [pay00] - Already shown in Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu92], but as Rear Admiral ensign.

Rear Admiral

[Rear Admiral]by Ivan Sache

Red square flag with one white bomb placed in the middle of the flag.

Sources: Album des Pavillons [pay00] - Already shown in Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu92], but as Commodore 1st class ensign.