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The flags of all the military units are illustrated at the Lithuanian
Ministry of Defence website.
The Flags are:
- Flag of the Ministry of
National Defence
- Flag of the Chief of Defence
- Flag of the Armed Forces
- Flag of Land Force Command
- Flag of Land Force of the Lithuanian Armed
Forces
- Flag of Air Force of the Lithuanian
Armed Forces
- Flag of Naval Force of the Lithuanian
Armed Forces
- Flag of the National Defence
Volunteer Force
- Flag of the Second
Investigations Department
- Flag of the Motorised
Infantry Brigade "Iron Wolf"
- Flag of Logistics Command
- Flag of Military Police
- Flag of the Lithuanian Grand Duke
Gediminas Headquarters Batallion
- Flag of Juozas Vitkus Engeering Battalion
- Flag of Vytautas the Great
Jaeger Battalion
- Flag of King Mindaugas
Mechanised Infantry Battalion
- Flag of Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas
Mechanised Infantry Battalion
- Flag of Grand Duchess Birute Motorised Infantry
Battalion
- Flag of Lithuanian Grand
Duke Kestutis Motorised Infantry Battalion
- Flag of Staff of General
Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion
- Flag of Lithuanian Grand
Duke Vytenis Main Support Logistics Battalion
- Flag of Duke Vaidotas
Forward Support Battalion
- Flag of the Movement
Control Centre
- Flag of the Military
Medical Service
- Flag of the Lithuanian
Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Motiejus Peciulionis Arsenal
- Flag of Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis
Dragoons Training Battalion
- Flag of NDVF Dainava
Military District 1st Territorial Unit
- Flag of NDVF
Darius ir Girenas Military District 2nd Territorial
Unit
- Flag of NDVF emaiciai
Military District 3rd Territorial Unit
- Flag of NDVF Vytis
Military District 5th Territorial Unit
- Flag of NDVF Didioji
Kova Military District 8th Territorial Unit
- Flag of General Jonas
emaitis Lithuanian Military Academy
- Flag of the Great Lithuanian
Hetman Jonuas Radvila Training Regiment
- Flag of Division General
Stasys Ratikis NCO School
- Flag of General Adolfas
Ramanauskas Combat Training Centre
Miles Li, 3 July 2009
The Army of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos
kariuomene) - The flag is drawn according to the picture from
back cover of magazine "Karys" (Warrior), number 4,
1992. I think the relationship of the width of the flag to the
length should be 1:1.2, i.e. same dimentions as President's flag.
The flag of the Army of the Republic of Lithuania was confirmed
by the President of the Republic of Lithuania on November 21,
2000 (full text of Decree in Lithuanian: <www3.lrs.lt>).
Author - N. Treinys.
Anon., 23 July 2003
Photo of the flag (fringed) can be seen at <www.cuff.dk>.
Jan Mertens, 15 August 2003
Obverse
image by Miles Li and Anon., 7
August 2009
Reverse
image by Miles Li, 7 August 2009
Reverse side is based on <kariuomene.kam.lt>.
Obverse side is not shown on this flag page, but can be seen on
the photo here.
Miles Li, 7 August 2009
The Lithuani Armed Forces flag that we displayed (obverse) is actually
crimsom, while here's a picture, where
the color is red.
Source:
http://www.kam.lt/images/43852/173374 at
http://www.kam.lt/en/photo_gallery_1176/events_211/major_general_jonas_vytautas_zukas_was_inaugurated_as_chief_of_defence_of_lithuania_for_a_five-year_tenure_at_a_formal_ceremony_at_the_cathedral_square_of_vilnius_24_july_2014./sladeshow/23822.html#view
Esteban Rivera, 01 April 2015
image by Miles Li, 3 July 2009
Based on Lithuanian
Ministry of Defence website.
Miles Li, 3 July 2009
The flag of Juozas Vitkus
Engineering Battalion, can be seen at Lithuanian
Ministry of Defence website.
Jan Mertens, 17 August 2003 and Miles Li, 3
July 2009
The flag of Lithuanian
Grand Duke Algirdas Motorised Infantry Battalion (Lietuvos
Didiojo kunigaikcio Algirdo mechanizuotasis
pestininku batalionas), can be seen at Lithuanian
Ministry of Defence website.
Anon., 6 October 2003 and Miles Li,
3 July 2009
The flags of Grand Duchess Birute Motorised Infantry Battalion
and the LITPOLBAT (Lithuanian and Polish Battalion, can be seen
at in photo <www.kam.lt>.
Anon., 6 October 2003
Flag of Grand Duchess
Birute Motorised Infantry Battalion is illustrated at Lithuanian
Ministry of Defence website.
Miles Li, 3 July 2009
image by Marc Pasquin, 26 December 2004
The flag of Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion
as can be seen at <www.kam.lt>
. It would appear to be based on the lithuanian infrantry design
but with a black background and the battalion badge (a 3 headed
dragon holding a sword) replacing the national emblem. I have
made the flag as per the image which is the reverse (hoist to the
right). As the dragon is facing the opposite side then on their
badge, it is probably safe to assume that the observe is
identical apart from the orientation of the dragon. Thanks
to an online lithuanian dictionary, I have found out that the
motto is "Overcome or ....." (couldn't find z^usim). If
i had to guess, the last part could be something along the lines
of "or nothing" or "or death" . The date
under the dragon is the foundation of the unit under the name of
"Klaipeda Motor-Airborne Battalion". It was then
changed on 28 October 1993 to "7th Dragoon Coast
Battalion" and finaly on 22 february 2000 to its current
name. The flag itself was awarded in july 1996.
Marc Pasquin, 26 September 2004
That's no dragon, that's a wyvern (only two legs).
James Dignan, 26 September 2004
The motto is "Nugalësim arba Žűsim" (without the
lithuanian characters "Nugalesim arba Zusim", which
literally translates to "We will defeat [them] or we will
die."
Rimas V. Janusonis, 26 December 2004
The flag of Lithuanian
Grand Duke Gediminas Headquarters Battalion (Lietuvos
didiojo kunigaikcio Gedimino tabo batalionas),
can be seen at Lithuanian
Ministry of Defence website..
Anon., 6 October 2003 and Miles Li,
3 July 2009
image located by
Esteban Rivera, 01 April 2015
In this
link of official website of the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic
of Lithuania, titled "Major General Jonas Vytautas ˇukas was inaugurated as
Chief of Defence of Lithuania for a five-year tenure at a formal ceremony at the
Cathedral Square of Vilnius, 24 July, 2014", one can see a
picture with three military
flags during this parade. Can someone help identify them?
Esteban Rivera, 01 April 2015