 The latter substituted for military colors where necessary (each regiment had just a single flag), and were vertical tricolors, as provided by the 1867 and 1872 laws regarding Romania’s coats of arms.A flag was also established for Romania’s Coast Guard.According to the October 1917 "National Geographic", this was identical to the national flag, except that the yellow stripe featured a blue anchor and cable, above which was a silver royal crown.