Army Unit Flags 1934-35 (Chinese Republic) (original) (raw)

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image by Miles Li, 01 September 2014

• Army Flag
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• More ROC Army flags:
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  • Battalion
  • Company
• Specialist troops
• Transport and Transportation Troops See also:
• Army Flag
• Army Unit Flag
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• Military Flags - Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Army Flag

The sleeve is yellow, fitted into a red pole, with a ball finial (color and size unspecified), but no pike at the base.
[Note that for this series the proportions and dimensions are stated as length x width, as per official regulation, not the Western practice of width x length.]
Miles Li, 20 August 2014

Corps

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 01 September 2014

Dimensions: 95cm x 72cm. The name of the unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 58cm, next to the hoist. Above the flag is a small triangular flag, 22cm (base) x 22cm (hoist), yellow with the letter 'jun' (corps) in red. The sleeve is yellow, fitted into a red pole, 210cm long in total, 15cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead finial 17cm long and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 20 August 2014

Division

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 01 September 2014

Dimensions: 90cm x 67cm. The name of the unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 53cm, next to the hoist. Above the flag is a small triangular flag, 21cm (base) x 21cm (hoist), yellow with the letter 'shi' (division) in red. The sleeve is yellow, fitted into a red pole, 210cm long in total, 15cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead finial 17cm long and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 20 August 2014

Brigade

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 01 September 2014

Dimensions: 85cm x 64cm. The name of the unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 50cm, next to the hoist. Above the flag is a small triangular flag, 20cm (base) x 20cm (hoist), yellow with the letter 'lü' (brigade) in red. The sleeve is yellow, fitted into a red pole, 210cm long in total, 15cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead finial 17cm long and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 20 August 2014

More ROC Army flags

The following flags were basically the same as those from 1953 to 1962, except that these were in the waffenfarbe of the unit:
Infantry - red Cavalry - yellow
Artillery - blue, with 2cm white frame around the KMT flag at the centre
Engineers (and Motorized Troops) - white
Signals - light grey
Logistics - black Military Police - light red (i.e. pink)
Miles Li, 15 August 2014

Regiment

Dimensions: 80cm x 60cm. The name of the unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 46cm, next to the hoist. Above the flag is a red tassel, 20cm long. The sleeve is yellow, fitted into a red pole, 200cm long in total, 15cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead finial 17cm long and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.

The official specification stipulated that infantry and cavalry regimental flags should be presented by the Military Commission, whereas that of the other army flags should be procured by the unit chiefs themselves. Somewhat confusingly, the official specification also stated that infantry and cavalry regimental flags "when presented from above" should have 15cm yellow fringe, implying some infantry and cavalry regimental flags did not have fringes.
Miles Li, 21 August 2014

Infantry

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Infantry Regiment image by Miles Li, 02 September 2014

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Infantry Regiment, fringed version
image by Miles Li, 02 September 2014

Cavalry

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Cavalry Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

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Cavalry Regiment, fringed version
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

Artillery

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Artillery Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

Engineers (and Motorized Troops)

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Engineers (and Motorized Troops) Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

Signals

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Signals Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

Military Police

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Military Police Regiment
image by Miles Li, 04 September 2014

Battalion

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Infantry Battalion
image by Miles Li, 02 September 2014

Battalion: Dimensions: 75cm x 57cm. The name of the unit is written in black on a white strip, 8cm x 45cm, next to the hoist. Above the flag is a red tassel, 15cm long. The sleeve is yellow, fitted into a red pole, 190cm long in total, 14cm circumference, with a white iron spearhead finial 15cm long and a white iron pike base 14cm long.
Miles Li, 21 August 2014

Company

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Infantry Company
image by Miles Li, 02 September 2014

Company: Dimensions: 70cm x 54cm. The name of the unit is written in black on a white strip, 7cm x 42cm, next to the hoist. Above the flag is a red tassel, 13cm long. The sleeve is yellow, fitted into a red pole, 180cm long in total, 12cm circumference, with a white iron spearhead finial 13cm long and a white iron pike base 14cm long.
Miles Li, 21 August 2014

Specialist troops

Specialist troops, not being branches of their own, did not use flags with a waffenfarbe. Instead they used infantry-type flags (without fringe), each with a small square flag above bearing an insignia of some sort.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014

Infantry Gun Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014

Machine Gun Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014

Mortar Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014

Special Services Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014

Trainee Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014

Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size. Above it is a square flag (16cm x 16cm), white with the letter 'pao' (cannon), 'ji' (machine), 'po' (close-in), 'te' (special) or 'jiao' (education) in red at the centre.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014

Hospital/Medical Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 September 2014

Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size. Above it is a square flag (16cm x 16cm), green with a red cross at the centre.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014

Political Warfare Troops

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image by Miles Li, 05 September 2014

Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size. Above it is a square flag (16cm x 16cm), blue with a white sun at the centre.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014

Logistic Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 September 2014

Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size. Above it is a square flag (16cm x 16cm), black with the letter 'zhan' (depot) at the centre.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014

Transport and Transportation Troops

Here the official specification is somewhat confusing. As mentioned earlier, the Transport branch (輜重) were to use flags distinguished by black waffenfarbe. However the specification also mentioned the Transportation Troops (運輸部隊) - considered specialist troops rather than a branch - which were to use the same black flag design, but with a small square flag above bearing a letter.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014

Transport

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image by Miles Li, 05 September 2014

Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014

Transportation Troops

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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 September 2014

Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size. Above it is a square flag (16cm x 16cm), white with the letter 'yun' (transport) in red at the centre.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014