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Six types of Marine Corps unit flags, of the 'double flag' type, were mentioned in "Illustrations of the Flags of the Armed Forces" published in 1959. The Marine Corps Command flag was illustrated and described; for that of Division, Brigade, Regiment, Battalion and Company, only the small flags above them were shown, along with the note "... the flag sizes shall correspond with the equivalent Army units". All these flags had no fringes, and the sizes of the red flagpoles, along with their white metal spearhead finials and pike bases, were not specified.
Marine Corps unit flags in the 1950s were based on Army unit flags adopted in
1953; moreover Marine Corps uniforms were mentioned specifically in the Naval
Dress Regulations for the first time in 1954.
Miles Li, 31 July 2016
The name of the unit is written in white letters directly on the red field
near the hoist, and the badge of the unit is on the small white flag.
Miles Li, 13 August 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 31 July 2016
circa 1954-1960
Dimensions: 95cm x 83.1cm.
The name 'Marine Corps Command' is written
in black on a white strip, 9cm x 60cm, next to the hoist. Above the
flag is a small square flag, 22cm x 22cm, yellow with a red anchor.
Miles Li, 31 July 2016
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 31 July 2016
circa 1954-1960
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 31 July 2016
circa 1954-1960
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 31 July 2016
circa 1954-1960
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 31 July 2016
circa 1954-1960
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 31 July 2016
circa 1954-1960
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 10 July 2014
de jure 1960-63
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 07 July 2014
de facto 1960-86
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 06 July 2014
de jure 1963-86
The unit names are written in red letters on the white scrolls.
Miles Li, 07 July 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 07 July 2014
de facto 1986-circa 1992
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 07 July 2014
de jure since 1986, de facto since circa 1992
The unit names are written in black letters on the white strips.
Miles Li, 07 July 2014
Since 1960 unit flags of the ROC Marine Corps should have always had yellow
fringes.
Miles Li, 10 July 2014
de facto 1960-63
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 10 July 2014
de jure 1960-63
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 06 July 2014
The unit names are written in red letters on the white scrolls.
Miles Li, 05 July 2014
In 1963 yellow fringes were added to the Marine Corps Unit flag; Marine Corps
Companies lost their distinctive flag design, and adopted the Marine Corps Unit
flag instead. The unit names are written in red letters on the white scrolls.
Miles Li, 06 July 2014
After the Marine Corps Company flag was discontinued in 1963 Marine Corps
companies used the Marine Corps Unit flag.
Miles Li, 10 July 2014
Marine Corps Unit flag (and presumably the Marine Corps Company flag),
adopted in 1960, always had fringes. See
http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/3a/19/44.html (the video quality
is less than perfect, but still interesting)
Miles Li, 19 July 2014
Thanks Mr. Li gave us such a precious historical video on the Double Tenth's
Military Parade in 1961.
According to the official archives, the Taiwanese military authorities didn't
require the flags of units of all services to be decorated with fringes until
1961. With Chiang Kai-shek's approval, the authorities ordered all services to
add fringes on the flags of units in early 1962.
Akira Oyo, 19 July 2014