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These flags have been legally prescribed (with black and white sketches) in the following regulations and announcements:
Znamierowski 1999 shows incorrect designs and old usage (1953-1964) of these flags. Since 1953 there have been five different designs for car flags, whose usage has changed over time in three periods: 1953-1964, 1964-1971 and 1971-present.
M. Schmöger, 26 January 2001
An important thing regarding Bavarian car flags and probably most of the car flags for authorities in Germany. They have been falling into disuse over the last 20 years or so. I recently made a quick survey with the Ministries here in Munich, and all told me that they do not use car flags (for minister, state secretary or ministerial director) anymore. Some of them even told me they do not keep them in stock. However there seem to be differences. Whereas the Ministry for the Interior claims they have not used these flags for at least 32 years, the chauffeur of the Minister for Environment told me the present minister does not use it, but the previous one (Thomas Goppel, 1994-1998) did.
In the Ministry for Economics, Traffic and Technology I had the chance to take photos of the car flags they have in stock. These are according to the sketches in the regulations. The arms are embroidered on the white-blue background. The flags are kept and were used in transparent plastic covers. They have not been used for about 15 years. Before that they were used rather infrequently, mainly when there were delegations from foreign countries, especially from the Eastern European countries. As foreign delegations to the ministries have seemed to vanish, so did the use of the car flags.
Another reason for putting them away was certainly terrorism in the 1970s and 1980s. A car flag would easily indicate a prominent official or even minister to shoot at. Last but not least, for the last 15 years official cars have lacked fittings for the installation of car flags.
M. Schmöger, 27 January 2001
1:1
30×30cm
by M. Schmöger
Flag adopted 16th November 1953
Square white flag 30 × 30 [cm] with blue border, the arms in center must be the great[er] arms. Source: Roger Harmignies, article in Vexilla Belgica, issue 11, 1987.
Jaume Ollé, 29 July 1999
White square flag with blue border, in the middle the greater arms. Source: Znamierowski 1999.
Željko Heimer, 27 March 2000
1:1
25×25cm
by M. Schmöger
Flag adopted 16th November 1953
White over blue 25 × 25 [cm] flag with great[er] arm[s] in center. Source: Roger Harmignies, article in Vexilla Belgica, issue 11, 1987.
Jaume Ollé, 29 July 1999
On a horizontally divided white-blue field, size 25 × 25 cm, the Bavarian greater coat-of-arms.
M. Schmöger, 26 January 2001
Znamierowski 1999 shows an incorrect image of this flag with the arms on a white panel.
Santiago Dotor, 16 October 2001
18:25
18×25cm
by M. Schmöger
Flag first adopted 24th July 1964
On a horizontally divided white-blue field, size 18 × 25 cm, the Bavarian greater coat-of-arms shifted to the hoist. Car flag of:
M. Schmöger, 26 January 2001
3:5
15×25cm
by M. Schmöger
Flag first adopted 24th July 1964
On a horizontally divided white-blue field, size 15 × 25 cm, the Bavarian greater coat-of-arms shifted to the hoist. Currently used as car flag of:
M. Schmöger, 26 January 2001
3:5
15×25cm
by M. Schmöger
Flag first adopted 16th November 1953, abolished 16th February 1971
Triangular pennant, size 15 × 25 cm, showing on a horizontally divided white-blue field the Bavarian greater coat-of-arms shifted to the hoist. Used as car flag of:
M. Schmöger, 26 January 2001
Znamierowski 1999 shows an incorrect image of this flag with the arms on a white panel and a ratio ca. 1:2. It is also incorrectly labelled as the current flag of the chief of the state secretariat.
Santiago Dotor, 16 October 2001
30×30cm
25×25cm
18×25cm
15×25cm
15×25cm
all five by M. Schmöger
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