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1:1~
by Zeljko Heimer
Based on information from L'Album 1990,
and picture in correction 26,
there are in use flags for the President, Chief of Staff and Chief on Navy
and there exists a war pennant.
The flag of the President of the Republic is an (approximately) square flag
designed as the national flag - therefore having the square canton covering
much more then a canton
would usually be. In the canton the star from the national flag is
replaced by a golden laurel wreath with a smaller white star in its
base and between the branches golden initials GE. They stand for
Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who took the power in 1967, then still under
name of Étienne Eyadema [the accents are not sure and written
differently in several sources I consulted] that he changed to Gnassingbé on
8-MAY-1974 (so says the site on rulers at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1058/rulers.html).
The font, size and position of the initials is my interpretation ("reconstruction"
if you want), since the image in L'Album does not contain any initials.
Depending on when these flag is adopted, it may be that EE was also used (probably without accents anyway). It may even be possible that former presidents had versions of their own. In that case here is the list from the mentioned site:
| 27 Apr 1960 - 13 Jan 1963 | Sylvanus Olympio (b. 1902 - d. 1963) (acting to 12 Apr 1961) |
| 13 Jan 1963 - 15 Jan 1963 | Emmanuel Bodjollé (b. 1928) (chairman Insurrection Committee) |
| 16 Jan 1963 - 13 Jan 1967 | Nicolas Grunitzky (b. 1913 - d. 1969) (acting to 5 May 1963) |
| 14 Jan 1967 - 14 Apr 1967 | Kléber Dadjo (b. 1914) (chairman National Reconciliation Committee) |
| 14 Apr 1967 - | Étienne Eyadema (from 8 May 1974, Gnassingbe Eyadema) (b. 1937) |
1:1~
by Zeljko Heimer
The flag of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Chef
de l'État-Major des Forces Armées) is in the same design
as the flag of the president differing in the elements
contained in the red canton - here a golden emblem consisting of two
rifles in saltire, an anchor palewise and an emblem standing
symbolically for wings, over all is set a white five-pointed star,
somewhat towards top from the square center.
Zeljko Heimer, 21 May 2000
1:1~
by Zeljko Heimer
The flag of the Commander in Chief of the Navy (Commandant de la
Marine) is of the same design as the previous flags,
emblem in red canton consisting of two golden anchors in saltire
and a white star over them in the
middle of the canton. This star seems to be notably smaller then the
one in the national flag (about the same height as one stripe).
Zeljko Heimer, 21 May 2000
1:7~
by Zeljko Heimer
The war pennant (flamme de guerre) is a
long triangular pennant of green over yellow with red panel at
hoist.
The ratio of the pennat is given as 1:7~ in correction 26, and
1:6.6~ in the original issue of L'Album 1990. The red field is told to be
less the 1/10 of the fly in the original L'Album 1990, in corr. 26 is not
quoted. The image in corr. 26 give a pennant of ratio about 1:11 (my
estimate of the image), with red filed being of the same width as the
hoist (but that would agree with "less the 1/10"). Anyway, I give my
interpretation of 1:7 flag, with red field being "square".
Zeljko Heimer, 21 May 2000
by Jaume Ollé
This naval ensign is reported by Jaume Ollé 28 May 2000.