Military flags and ensigns of Romania, 1952-1965

Last modified: 2015-07-28 by alex danes
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• Overview
• Military colors
  • Military colors of the land units of the Navy
  • Military colors of the Coast Guard
• Air Force ensign
• Naval ensign
• Auxiliary ships of the Navy ensign
• Coast Guard ensign
• Naval Jack
• Masthead pennants

See also:

• Popular Republic of Romania, 1952-1965
• Military flags and ensigns of Romania, 1948-1952
• Romania: Index of all pages

The decrees from 1950 and 1951 which established the Romanian military colors, flags and emblems of that times remained valid until 1966. On 24 September 1952 a new constitution was adopted. To the coat of arms of Romania was added a five-pointed red star, placed on top of the composition. In 1954 an orthographic reform discarded the letter  from the Romanian alphabet, replacing it with Î, which represents the same sound / i / (like y in Chernobyl). Thus, the flags had now a different spelling of the country's name written on them: "REPUBLICA POPULARĂ ROMÎNĂ". Also, Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954 established new ensigns and pennants.

The military colors and ensigns were granted and used according to military rules of the time.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

by Alex Danes

The flag remained almost identical with the one established by Decree nr. 189 from 28 July 1950, on article 2. In 1952 the coat of arms and in 1954 the spelling of the country's name were slightly changed, but the reverse remained the same. With this design, the military colors were used until 1965.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

by Alex Danes

The Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954 confirmed the military colors of the land units of the Navy established by Decree nr. 124 from 20 July 1951. The only difference was on the obverse, which had the coat of arms established in 1952 and the new spelling of the country's name.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

by Alex Danes

The Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954 came with a new specification regarding the Military colors:

"The military colors of the Coast Guard units are identical with the ones of the land units of the Navy, except that the blue stripe is replaced by a border-guard-green one."

by Alex Danes

The ensign remained almost identical with the one established by Decree nr. 189 from 28 July 1950, on article 3. In 1952 the coat of arms and in 1954 the spelling of the country's name were slightly changed, but the reverse remained the same. With this design, the ensign was used until 1965.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

The Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954 confirmed the Naval ensign established by Decree nr. 124 from 20 July 1951. However, the ensign had now the coat of arms established in 1952.

The dimensions of the ensign were established by the Ministry of Armed Forces, according to the size of the ships and the hoisting place.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

The Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954 established a separate ensign for the auxiliary ships of the Navy. It was a rectangular bunting cloth (width was 0.6 of length) with the naval ensign as canton, printed on both sides. The naval ensign in the canton had a sky blue stripe, but otherwise complied with the design established by Decree nr. 124 from 20 July 1951 and confirmed by Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

The Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954 confirmed the Coast Guard ensign established by Decree nr. 124 from 20 July 1951. However, the ensign had now the coat of arms established in 1952.

The dimensions of the ensign were established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to the size of the ships and the hoisting place.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

The Decree nr. 93 from 17 April 1954 established masthead pennants for the Navy, auxiliary ships of the Navy and Coast Guard. These shared the same pattern: a long rectangular bunting cloth ending in a swallow tail and having printed on both sides, near the hoist, a specific ensign. The annex of the Decree provided the proportions of these elements:

• Length: L
• Width: 0.6L (most likely a mistake; maybe 0.06L ?)
• Length of the ensign printed near the hoist: 0.075L
• Length of the swallow tail: 0.09L

The pennant of the Navy was red, and the bottom stripe of the ensign was sky blue.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

The pennant of the auxiliary ships of the Navy was blue, and the bottom stripe of the ensign was sky blue.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008

The pennant of the Coast Guard was green, and the bottom stripe of the ensign was light green.
Alex Danes, 2 October 2008