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France: Inter-Army services' pennants

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Health Service

The following units can have pennants:
- institutes;
- hospitals;
- direction units;
- supply units;
- command companies, interns companies and schools' maneuver companies;
- any other unit.

There are three sorts of pennants:
- formation pennants are rectangular (50 cm x 40 cm) with a golden fringe (3.5 cm) and cravat (15 cm x 8 cm);
- company pennants are rectangular (40 cm x 30 cm) with a golden fringe (3 cm) and cravat (15 cm x 8 cm);
- section pennants are rectangular (34 cm x 27 cm) with a golden fringe (3cm) and cravat (15 cm x 8 cm).

Both obverse and reverse's color is amaranth.
The obverse bears the attribute of the health service (15 cm at most for formation pennants, 12 cm for others). The reverse bears the insignia of the unit, of the same size as the attribute, and its name and number (3 cm high).
In schools, valedictorian have a pennant of the same size as a company pennant, also amaranth, with the school's insignia and name on the obverse (12 cm) and, if there is one, the valedictory's insignia and name on the reverse.
The insignias are in metal and must evoke a unit's tradition and history. They must not have more than three elements.
Pennants can receive military honours if there is no flag.

Corentin Chamboredon, 29 August 2015

Corps des Chasseurs

The Corps des chasseurs has battalion pennants and company pennants. Their sizes and colors are regulated by the Army texts.

Corentin Chamboredon, 29 August 2015

Sources

  • Instruction No. 200/DEF/DCSSA/OL relative au patrimoine de tradition des formations du service de santé des armées, 12 July 2002 (text)
  • Instruction No. 1515/DEF/DCSSA/OL/OME portant règlement général des écoles de formation d'officiers d'active du service de santé des armées, 5 August 1994, version No. 3 of 16 April 2014 (text)
  • Arrêté No. 2100/DEF/EMAT/EPI/EPO portant règlement du service intérieur de l'armée de terre, 18 August 1975, version No. 4, 17 April 2014 (text)
  • Instruction No. 2036/DEF/EMAT/EMPL relative au cérémonial particulier aux fanions des corps de chasseurs, 25 June 1979 (text)
  • Instruction No. 1515/DEF/EMA/OL/2 sur les filiations et l'héritage des traditions des unités, 23 September 1983, version No. 2 of 13 June 2000 (text)
  • Circulaire No. 3600/EMGFAA/3/OP relative aux inscriptions à faire figurer sur les drapeaux des formations de l'armée de l'air, 12 May 1949 (text)

Corentin Chamboredon, 29 August 2015