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image by Miles Li, 01 September 2014
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
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
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
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
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
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 Regiment
image by Miles Li, 02 September 2014
Infantry Regiment, fringed version
image by Miles Li, 02 September 2014
Cavalry Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014
Cavalry Regiment, fringed version
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014
Artillery Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014
Engineers (and Motorized Troops) Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014
Signals Regiment
image by Miles Li, 03 September 2014
Military Police Regiment
image by Miles Li, 04 September 2014
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
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, 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
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 04 September 2014
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
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
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
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
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
image by Miles Li, 05 September 2014
Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size.
Miles Li, 22 August 2014
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