Kuwait: War flag (original) (raw)

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[ ](../images/k/kw^army.gif) image by Zoltan Horvath, 24 June 2024
based on image located by Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021

• Description of the flag
  • Army emblem
• Armed Forces
• 1962-1978 Army flag
  • Army emblem
• 1978 Army flag
• Source
• Unknown tank unit See also:
• Kuwait
• Kuwait Armed Forces

Description of the flag

Flag of Army has been reported (https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/kw%5Earmy.html#yel), I created a flag image, attached as kw^army.gif

Detail of badge

[ .gif)](../images/k/kw^lf%29.gif) image located by Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021

Armed Forces

[ ](../images/k/kw^armf.gif) image by Zoltan Horvath, 24 June 2024

The Armed Forces flag can be seen at General Staff Headquarters flag athttps://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/...Military-of-Kuwait.jpg.
It is horizontally banded yellow-light blue-dark blue with the badge centered.
Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021

Detail of badge

[ .gif)](../images/k/kw^gshq%29.gif) image located by Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021

1962-1978 flag

[](../images/k/kw^arm62.gif) image by Martin Grieve

The 1962 war flag is similar to the current one, but with a slightly different emblem.
Ivan Sache, 27 August 2002

Army emblem

[](../misc/kw^emb62.gif) image by Martin Grieve

The 1962 Army emblem is similar to the current one, but with a thinner wreath.
Ivan Sache, 27 August 2002

1978 Army flag

[](../images/k/kw^arm78.gif) image by Martin Grieve

The war flag is the Kuwait national flag with the Army emblem centered over the intersection of the black, green and white stripe.
Ivan Sache, 27 August 2002

Army emblem

[](../misc/kw^emb78.gif) image by_Martin Grieve_

A wreath surmounted by an eagle with spread wings, encircling a tank over two cannons crossed in saltire over two horizontal wings. All the elements are yellow, the inner fields of the emblem are white. There is Arabic writing in the upper and lower quarter of the saltire, saying al-Jaish al Kuwaiti (The Army of Kuwait).
Ivan Sache & Dov Gutterman, 27 August 2002

Sources

• M. Lupant. Drapeaux et armoiries de l'Etat du Koweit [lup99b], published in the Proceedings of the XVII International Congress of Vexillology[icv97], with black and white illustrations.
• W. Smith. Flags Through the Ages and Across the World [smi75b]
• W. Smith. Flags and Arms Across the World [smi80], still showing the 1962 flag.

Unknown tank unit

[ ](../images/k/kw^tank.jpg) image located by William Garrison, 18 November 2021

An email from Nov. 18, 2021 Foreign Policy's "Situation Report" includes this red flag with text.

Caption: Unidentified red-field flag with white-slogan carried on Kuwaiti "Land Force" army tank in a military exercise with Saudi & U.S. militaries, north of Kuwait City, c. Nov. 18, 2021. Could be unit-commander's flag (tells both friendly and enemy forces where the head honcho is) or might be some religious flag encouraging tankers into battle.
William Garrison, 18 November 2021

This flag is a modern reproduction using the style of a historical flag used in Kuwait, specifically the 1915 design. It can be seen athttps://souq.mnasati.com/kw/en/store/bordga-1241/old-kuwait-flag---small-725557 https://www.kuwaitmalaysia.com/p/ar-kuwait-flags.html andhttps://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2413894&language=ar
Zachary Harden, 30 September 2025