Naval Rank Flags 1960-1990 (East Germany)

Last modified: 2006-07-28 by jarig bakker
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• Flag of the Defence Minister (Flagge des Verteidigungsministers)
• Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of Staff
• Deputy Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Service Flag for Admirals?)
• Admiral's Flag (Admiralsflagge)
• Vice Admiral's Flag (Vizeadmiralsflagge / Deputy Chief of the Volksmarine?)
• Rear Admiral's Flag (Konteradmiralsflagge)
• Pennant of a Section Commander (Stander eines Abteilungschefs)
• Pennant of a Group Commander (Stander eines Gruppenchefs)
• Pennant of a Flotilla Commander (Stander eines Flotillenchefs / Stander eines Brigadenchefs)
• Seniority Pennant (Stander eines Reedeältesten)

See also:

• War Ensign and other Naval Flags 1960-1990 (East Germany)
• East Germany 1949-1990
• Rank Flags of the Federal Navy (Federal Republic of Germany 1949-nowadays)

Flagge des Verteidigungsministers

3:5 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Blue flag with the Arms in the center. Uncertain as to whether arms are surrounded by wreath. Ratio 3:5.

Norman Martin, 13 January 1998

3:5 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

(Service Flag for Admirals / Dienstflagge der Admirale der Volksmarine ?)

3:5 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Service Flag for Admirals (also described by Carsten Linke as Deputy Minister and Chief of the Volksmarine). Blue flag with the National People's Army emblem in the center and a yellow anchor in the upper hoist. Ratio 3:5. Illustrated in Oliver 1993, p. 31. Uncertain what the relation between this flag and the Admiral's flag may be.

Norman Martin, 13 January 1998

Admiralsflagge

3:5 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Blue with a yellow anchor in the center and 3 yellow stars vertically in the fly.

Norman Martin, 13 January 1998

Vizeadmiralsflagge (Deputy Chief of the Volksmarine?)

3:5 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Same as Admiral's flag, but with 2 yellow stars in the base of the fly.

Norman Martin, 13 January 1998

Konteradmiralsflagge

3:5 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Same as admiral's flag, but with one yellow star in fly.

Norman Martin, 13 January 1998

Stander eines Abteilungschefs

 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Stander eines Gruppenchefs

image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Stander eines Flotillenchefs / Stander eines Brigadenchefs

 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias

Meyers Neues Lexikon, Leipzig, 1974 contains the following rank flags of the DDR: Stander der Volksmarine: Brigadenchef, Abteilungchef, Gruppenchef.

Victor Lomantsov, 9 February 2001

FOTW shows images for Abteilungchef and Gruppenchef. There is a third one for a Flotilla Commander or Flotillenchef. If I am not mistaken, a flotilla is the Navy equivalent to a brigade in the Army. Maybe the Brigadenchef flag in Meyers Neues Lexikon is the same as the Flotillenchef flag in FOTW?

Volker Moerbitz Keith, 9 February 2001

Stander of Brigadenchef in Meyers Neues Lexikon, Leipzig, 1974, is swallowtailed blue-white-blue indeed.

Victor Lomantsov, 10 February 2001

Stander eines Reedeältesten

 image by Jaume Ollé, reduced to FOTW standard by Jorge Candeias