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Note that when drawing the images I have taken some liberty regarding the
sizes of the accouterments (fringes, white strips, small flags, tassels,
finials) relative to the flags themselves.
The dimensions are given in as length x breadth (the opposite to standard
Western vexillological practice). This is done deliberately to remain faithful
to the official specifications.
Miles Li, 31 July 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^agp54.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 23 August 2014
Dimensions: 100cm x 87.5cm, plus 12cm yellow finge. The name of the
unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 62cm, next to the
hoist. Above the flag is a small triangular flag, 34cm x 27cm, yellow
with the letters 'jun tuan' (army group) in black. (Presumably the
pole is red, with a white bronze spearhead finial 20cm long and a
white bronze pike base 15cm long.)
Miles Li, 23 August 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^cor53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 24 August 2014
Dimensions: 95cm x 83.1cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe. The name of the
unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 60cm, next to the
hoist. Above the flag is a small triangular flag, 28cm x 21cm, yellow
with the letter 'jun' (corps) in black. The pole is red, 230cm 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
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^div53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 24 August 2014
Dimensions: 90cm x 78.8cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe. 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, 27cm x 20cm, yellow
with the letter 'shi' (division) in black. The pole is red, 230cm 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
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^bri53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 23 August 2014
Dimensions: 85cm x 74.4cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe.. 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, 26cm x 19cm, yellow
with the letter 'lü' (brigade) in black. The pole is red, 230cm 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
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^reg53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 23 August 2014
Dimensions: 80cm x 70cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe. 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 red tassel, 20cm long. The pole is red, 210cm 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
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^bat53.gif)
image by Miles Li, 24 August 2014
Dimensions (Battalion): 75cm x 65.6cm. The name of the unit is written in black on
a white strip, 8cm x 58cm, next to the hoist. Above the flag is a red
tassel, 17cm long. The pole is red, 200cm long in total, 10cm
circumference, with a white iron spearhead finial 17cm long and a
white iron pike base 14cm long.
Miles Li, 15 August 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^com53.gif)
image by Miles Li, 24 August 2014
Dimensions (Company): 70cm x approximately 61cm. The name of the unit is written
in black on a white strip, 7cm x 54.3cm, next to the hoist. Above the
flag is a red tassel, 17cm long. The pole is red, 200cm long in total,
10cm circumference, with a white iron spearhead finial 17cm long and a
white iron pike base 14cm long.
Miles Li, 15 August 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^med53.gif)
image by Miles Li, 26 August 2014
Dimensions: Correspond to the flag for units of equivalent size.
Aboveit is a square flag, 20cm x 20cm, white with a red cross at the
centre.
Miles Li, 15 August 2014
The official specification states that its size corresponds to the
flag for units of equivalent size, but with a small square flag 26cm
each side, white with a red cross, above the flag. However that would
make the small flag too large relative to the main flag to be
practical. Therefore I believe it is a typo error, the small flag
should therefore be 16cm each side, the same size used on a number of
ROC Army flags since the 1930s.
Miles Li, 25 August 2014
The dimension of the small square flag above the Army Hospital/Medical Troops
flag was indeed revised in 1953, not a typo.
At beginning I supposed the same with Miles, but when I reviewed the original
draft in the official archives, I found the number "16" altered to "26" with a
red pencil by a duly authorized officer. However, there was not any record to
explain why the small flag needed to become larger.
Akira Oyo, 25 August 2014
I don't know. You'd provably need a bigger staff, but maybe they had a reason
for this. Maybe the white cross flag had to stand out more than it would as a 16
cm flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 25 August 2014
Thank you Peter Hans for the corrected image. I have re-posted it here, under
my original file name, with the grey background removed.
Akira Oyo, 26 August 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^abr53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 24 August 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^amr53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 24 August 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^for53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 24 August 2014
Dimensions: 90cm x 78.8cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe. The name of the
unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 58cm, next to the
hoist. Above it is a triangular flag, 27cm x 20cm, yellow field with
the word "san" (parachute), "zhuang" (armor) or "sai" (fort) in black
at the centre. The pole is red, 230cm 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
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^ma53.gif)
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 25 August 2014
![[Taiwan Army Flag]](../images/t/tw^as53.gif)
image by Miles Li, 25 August 2014
Dimensions: 95cm x 83.1cm, plus 12cm yellow fringe. The name of the
unit is written in black on a white strip, 9cm x 58cm, next to the
hoist. Above it is a red tassel, 20cm long. The pole is red, 230cm
long in total, 12cm circumference, with a white bronze spearhead
finial 20cm long (the official specification said 30cm long, but this
was probably a typo error) and a white bronze pike base 15cm long.
Miles Li, 15 August 2014