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Just happened to find the ROC (Taiwan) Army Flags Regulations on
Wikisource, as enacted on April 24, 1953, and abolished on December
17, 1985.
To summarize:
The Army flag was in the proportions of 7:8 [since officially changed
to 2:3], red field with a blue rectangle, 1/4 the total area of the
flag, bearing a white sun, at the centre;
The Army Commander-in-Chief flag had additional yellow border and
fringe, topped with a small blue-white-red tricolour bearing a yellow
plum blossom (shown in Flags Through the Ages and Across the World [smi75b);
The Army Vice Commander-in-Chief flag had additional yellow fringe
(but not border), topped with a small red rectangular flag bearing a
yellow plum blossom;
Corps/Division/Brigade Command; Airborne/Armoured Branch; Garrison
Command; Corps/Division Military District all had their army flag
topped with a small yellow triangular flag (right angled at the lower
hoist, as per the pre-1890 Chinese National Flag) bearing one or two
ideograms in black as a kind of initials to indicate the level of
command;
Army Hospitals and Sanitary Units had their army flag topped with a
small white rectangular flag bearing a red cross;
Regiments and lower units had their army flag topped with red tassels,
and with unit name in black on a white stripe near the hoist;
Army schools' flag had the sun inside a circle rather than a
rectangle, and with yellow fringes.
Miles Li, 30 May 2008
image by Miles Li, 28 July 2014
In May 6, 1953, a flag similar to the National Revolutionary
Army Commander-in-Chief was created in Taiwan for the position of Commander-in-Chief.
It was again based on the Army flag, but with a yellow border on all four sides,
and was further fringed in yellow. Above it was a small blue-white-red horizontal
tricolour with a yellow plum blossom at its centre. Like all other Taiwanese military
flags, it was carried on a red pole with white metal spearhead finial and white
metal pike base.
Miles Li, 3 April 2004
This flag was instituted according to
Army Flags Regulations, 1953-1985. However, it was adopted
in 1958 and replaced with Commanding General of the Army.
Akira Oyo, 14 April 2014
Dimensions: 130cm x 113.7cm, plus 10cm yellow border, plus 12cm yellow
fringe. Above it is a small flag, "one-fourth the dimensions of the
flag" (32.5cm x 28.4cm), blue-white-red horizontal tricolor with
yellow plum blossom at the centre. The pole is red, 20cm long in
total, 12cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead finial 20cm
long and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 15 August 2014
This flag was used by Commander-in-Chief of the Army de jure 1958-2007,
de facto circa
1992-2007.
Miles Li, 05 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 April 2014
image by Miles Li, 28 July 2014
This flag was instituted according to Army Flags Regulations,
1953-1985. However, it was adopted in 1958 and replaced with Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army's
Flag 1958 - 1986.
Akira Oyo, 14 April 2014
The ROC Armed Forces are used to using "Deputy"
instead of "Vice" to translate a position only lower than the leader but higher
than others. If a new position are setup between the leader and the deputy
leader, it will be translated in "Vice", for example, "Vice-Minister of Defence"
and "Vice Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces."
Akira Oyo, 14 April 2014
Dimensions: 130cm x 113.7cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe. Above it is a
small flag, 32.5cm x 28.4cm, red field with yellow plum blossom at the
centre. The pole is red, 200cm long in total, 12cm circumference,
with a white bronze spearhead finial 20cm long and a white bronze pike
base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 28 July 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 April 2014
Flag of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army was abolished on 03 January 1986 as Act of Ensign of the ROC Armed Forces adopted.
Akira Oyo, 05 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 05 April 2014
Flag of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army was abolished on 03 January 1986 as Act of Ensign of the ROC Armed Forces adopted.
Akira Oyo, 05 April 2014
The Taiwanese Army rank flags are green, with the Army emblem above yellow five-pointed
stars arranged horizontally: General First Class has four, General Second Class
has three, Lieutenant-General has two, Major-General has one. That of colonel has
thee plum blossoms in place of stars.
The Army emblem consists of crossed rifle and sword, surrounded by two panicles
of rice, each containing seven grains (representing July 7, the beginning of Sino-Japanese
War in 1937), the whole under the white sun on blue disc.
Miles Li, 7 July 2004
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 13 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 14 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 16 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 17 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 13 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 14 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 16 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 17 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 13 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 14 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 16 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 17 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 13 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 14 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 16 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 17 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 15 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 15 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 16 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 17 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 15 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 15 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 15 April 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 15 April 2014