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Army Unit Flags 1934-35 (Chinese Republic)

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image by Miles Li, 01 September 2014

Army Flag
Corps
Division
Brigade
More ROC Army flags:
Specialist troops
Transport and Transportation Troops

See also:

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

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

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

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

Infantry Regiment
image by Miles Li, 02 September 2014

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

Cavalry

Cavalry Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

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

Artillery

Artillery Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

Engineers (and Motorized Troops)

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

Signals

Signals Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014

Military Police

Military Police Regiment
image by Miles Li, 04 September 2014

Battalion

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

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