Paraguayan Navy medium rank flags (original) (raw)

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Commodore
Flotilla Commander
Commander of River Defence
Commander (Cfr) and Lieutenant-Commander (Ccv) as a Commander of Group
Senior Officer Afloat
General Prefect of Ports
Capitan (CdV) See also:
Paraguayan Navy admiral rank flags
Paraguayan Navy
Paraguay

Commodore

image by Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Shown in [pay00]: 1:2 blue flag with yellow five-pointed star in the middle. (This somewhat reminds to the old flag of Congo. The resemblance is coincidence, no doubt, inevitable with so basic elements.) Neubecker 1939 [neu92] captions this flag (in 2:3 ratio, as all other rank flags) as flag of the naval Captain (Kapitan zur See) with independent command.
Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

This flag is given to Flotilla Commanderin the Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95]. Change of the rank system or something else?
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

Flotilla Commander

image by Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Shown in [pay00]: 5:6 blue swallow-tailed flag with yellow five-pointed star in the middle. Neubecker [neu92] captions is «_Stander eines Geschwander- oder Flotillenchefs_», i.e. a flag of a Commander of a Squadron or Flotilla, if I translate the naval unit names correctly.
Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Squadron or Flotilla Commander (ca. 1939)

image by Željko Heimer, 28 Oct 2002

Shown in the Flaggenbuch [neu92], Squadron (Geschwader) or Flotilla Commander: Ratio 5:6; basically the same as today, the difference in the star size might not be significant.
Željko Heimer, 28 Oct 2002

as of 1995?

image by Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Shown in Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95] as 1 star rectangle 1:2; This flag is given to commodore in _Album 2000_[pay00]. Change of the rank system or something else?
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

Commander of River Defence

image by Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Shown in [pay00]: A 5:6 swallow-tailed flag vertically divided into blue and white with a yellow five-pointed star in the blue field. No matching flag in Neubecker 1939 [neu92]. Presumaby this was latter adopted to differenceate the position of the river defence commander among other flotilla and squadron commanders, as this position is probably unique.
Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Shown also in Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95].
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

Commander (Cfr) and Lieutenant-Commander (Ccv) as a Commander of Group

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Shown in the Flaggenbuch [neu92]: 4:5 triangular pennant horizontally divided in red, white and blue.
Željko Heimer, 28 Oct 2002

Senior Officer Afloat

image by Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Shown in [pay00]: Triangular 4:5 blue flag. Same in Neubecker [neu92], even the same ratio.
Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002

Senior Officer Aboard (as of 1995)

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Shown in Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95] trapeze blue. In Album 2000 [pay00], Senior Officer Afloat (the same rank?) is given a triangular blue flag, just as in Neubecker 1939 [neu92]. What about this trapeze?
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

General Prefect of Ports

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Shown in Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95]: Trapeze, white, blue cross. (Reconstruction based on this vague description.) Not given in Album 2000 [pay00] (why? unconfirmed?)
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

Capitan (CdV)

image by Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

Shown in Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95]: no stars, i.e. pure blue flag. Unusual, possibly an errorneous information not confirmed by the time of issue of _Album 2000_[pay00] (where it is missing). Any idea if this is a credible flag, disconinued later on?
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002

Naval Captain (CdV) as independent commander (ca. 1939)

image by Željko Heimer, 28 Oct 2002

Shown in the Flaggenbuch [neu92]: 2:3 blue with a yellow five-pointed star in the middle.
Željko Heimer, 28 Oct 2002