![[Minister of Defence (Israel)]](../images/i/il^mod.gif)
2:3image by Željko Heimer
Last modified: 2023-06-24 by martin karner
Keywords: sar habita'hon | minister: defence | canton (israel) | coat of arms (candelabrum) | coat of arms (menorah) | sword (white) | branch: olive (white) |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
2:3
image by Željko Heimer
See also:
Dark blue with the national flag in the canton and the
national coat-of-arms surmounting a
palewise sword enfiling an olive wreath, all white, in the lower
fly.
Source: Ministry of Defence
1974.
Joseph McMillan, 7 November 2000
Army flags are 6:11 (120x220) and the canton is 8:11 (80x110)
while its length is half of the flag length. I have never seen
this flag which does not mean it does not exist. If it does, it
is probably somewhere in the Minister of Security chambers and is
not in common use.
Dov Gutterman, 7 November 2000
In an article in Flagmaster
no.059, Zvi Ruder specifies Minister of Defence badge as gold
with a silver sword. In Flags of
All Nations 1958 the badge is gold. This is the way I
presented it in the Album des
Pavillons, correction no.30 and in Album des Pavillons 2000
and it was at the time checked both by Zvi Ruder and Nahum
Shereshevsky.
Armand Noel du Payrat, 7 November 2000
The plates I copied from Ministry
of Defence 1974 are not in color. They are shown in black,
white, and gray. That means the Minister of Defence and the Chief
of General Staff (and other) flags could well be purple or red
rather than blue and that the badges could be gold or gold and
silver as well as white. The only distinction of colors is that
the blue in the national flag in the Minister of Defence and the
Chief of General Staff canton is shown as light gray while the
field of these and the other flags is shown as black. The Magen
David on the other command flags is shown in the same black
as the field, while the Magen David on the naval ensign is shown as gray.
Joseph McMillan, 7 November 2000
I don't remember the source but I draw this flag with full
white emblem except border of the shield, that is gold (but not
the devices within). Israeli flag in canton is in blue color of
the same shade as the national flag rather
than sky blue. 1955 version has golden border and different
ratio.
Jaume Ollé, 11 November 2000
Album des Pavillons 2000
shows it as a blue flag with the national flag
in the canton and a yellow version of the state coat-of-arms on the lower fly set over an
upright silver sword and olive branch. The flag is surrounded on
three sides with a yellow border, which I believe is not a
fringe, but an actual border, i.e. part of the flag field. That
does no mean, I guess, that there might not be some fringe in
addition.
Željko Heimer, 8 February 2002
I must admit I have never seen either this flag or the Prime Minister one. Moreover, I am pretty
sure that these have no variant for use ashore. All photos I saw
of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and their chambers
only show the light blue IDF flag at MoD
office. Furthermore, in photos of the Chief of General Staff
standing by the MoD, the only flag to be seen is the Chief of
General Staff one. I assume that if such flags exist, they are
used on the rare ocassions when one of these VIPs visit a naval
base or vessel.
Dov Gutterman, 9 February 2002
Particularly considering that it appears on the top, bottom
and fly sides only, I would be very much inclined to think that
the yellow border is rather a golden fringe.
Santiago Dotor, 11 February 2002
Indeed. It is a gold fringe and not a yellow border.
Dov Gutterman, 11 February 2002
