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Israel - Flag Contest 1948: proposals with a single star or 'Magen David'

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Proposal no.49 by Benyamin Bergi

[1948 proposal no.49 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
Click here for the original image from the Centre of Educational Technology.

Proposal no.50 by H. Negbi

[1948 proposal no.50 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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Proposal no.51 by H. Negbi

[1948 proposal no.51 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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Proposal no.55 by Ahron Adlersberg

[1948 proposal no.55 (Israel), centered]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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Editor's note: see the discussion on the width of the stripes under Proposal no.54 by Ahron Adlersberg.

Proposal no.56 by Ahron Adlersberg

[1948 proposal no.56 (Israel), centered]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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Editor's note: see the discussion on the width of the stripes under Proposal no.54 by Ahron Adlersberg.

Proposal no.71, anonymous

[1948 proposal no.71 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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I wonder which flag inspired him. It could be the Greek (the colors and the square canton) or the United States (13 stripes). However the canton is 6.5 stripes high instead of 5 (Greece) or 7 (USA).

Dov Gutterman, 4 March 1999

Proposal no.72 by Gustav Shoken (two proposals)

[1948 proposal no.72a (Israel)]      [1948 proposal no.72b (Israel)]
images both by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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Proposal no.73, anonymous

[1948 proposal no.73 (Israel)]
image by Thanh-Tâm Lê
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This time 7 blue stripes instead of seven stars. The use of a red Magen David is a little odd since it is and was the symbol of medical units (Magen David Adom) even during the Mandate era.

Dov Gutterman, 5 March 1999

I made the Magen David in a circle, but actually the original picture shows a slightly wider one. Aren't most Magen David stars made of equilateral triangles?

Thanh-Tâm Lê, 5 March 1999