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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
Then the draft originally said it was 16x16. So, this was how it was
proposed, but at some point this was changed. Is there a way to find out whether
it was a new proposal or whether it was changed when adopting the flag? (In the
latter case, would there be an explanation recorded somewhere? Who did adopt all
those flags?)
Then that "duly authorized officer" changed it to 26. Is that enough of a change
to make it official? Or should there have been a new document at some point?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 26 September 2014
The official specification says "2 decimeters 6", so at first I was not sure
the 6 means 6 centimeters or was just a typo mistake. However given the evidence
from Akira Oyo we can say with certainty it was indeed 26cm.
As for the reason for the increase from 16cm to 26cm, my speculation is that it
was done to make the Red Cross (an internationally recognized protection sign)
more visible in battlefield.
Miles Li, 27 September 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