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Art.
4, point II, of the flag law prescribes the millitary flag; like
the state flag, but the national coat of arms between a laurel branch (left)
and an olive branch (right).
António Martins, 19 Aug 2005
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According to
art.
4, point II, of the flag law, the full emblem, with the additional
branches, seems to take up the full height of the yellow stripe (trusting
the illustration in the law) and as such leaving the main part of the emblem
(without branches) in the same size as the one in the
state flag (as far as is possible to measure it
in the terrible illustration of §4.I).
António Martins, 19 Aug 2005
The color carried by Bolivian army regiments is called the bandera de guerra. It is a silk national tricolor flag with the national coat-of-arms surrounded by olive and laurel branches, about 38 cm square, embroidered in bold relief in gold and silver thread on the center of the obverse side. The name and number of the unit is inscribed in a straight line of 10 cm high letters on the obverse side immediately below the shield. Battle honors are inscribed on the reverse on the yellow stripe. The pike is 2.55 meters, topped with a finial about 35 cm long and 8 cm wide in the shape of a plated brass lance-head. Below the lance head are attached gold cord and tassels and moiré streamers in the national colors, about 135 cm long by 10 cm wide.
Authority for these flags:
Joe McMillan, 13 Feb 2002
Information based on a US Army attaché report from La Paz from the early 1950s:
This
online
photo shows Bolivian politicians in a press conference about the ongoing
strike. Hanging on a wall behind them, the national flag
on the left, the flag of Santa Cruz dep. on the right,
and on the center what seem to be one of the Military Colors described
above.
António Martins, 01 Dec 2006
In addition, each unit also has a standard, estandarte de la
unidad, to which unit awards are attached, but I have nothing on the
design.
Joe McMillan, 13 Feb 2002
Album 2000 [pay00] shows
triangular pennant in ratio ≅1:2, the upper half being horizontaly
divided in blue-white-blue (blue being very dark — navy blue)
and lower part being white with same blue anchor near hoist. This
flag is new to me and I guess it is adopted only recently.
Željko Heimer, 11 Mar 2001
My source was a photo taken by Michel Lupant at Cochabamba,
in April 1998
Armand du Payrat, 12 Mar 2001
Is Port Commander a Navy position, or a civilian one?
António Martins, 10 May 2004
The Album 2000 [pay00]
shows a red-yellow-green roundel.
Željko Heimer, 11 Mar 2001
This roundel is used since 1924 — says
both [cos98]
and [jfs] 1945.
Dov Gutterman, 12 Jun 2004
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana uses a square variation of the
national flag as fin flash, according to
[whe86].
Dov Gutterman, 07 Oct 1999
A note in Album 2000 [pay00]
says that the national flag is painted on the fin.
Željko Heimer, 11 Mar 2001
Both [cos98] and [jfs] 1945 show rudder stripes. Who is the correct?… All are! (Besides the fact it is not square but rectangle…) Photos at
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 22 April 2024, based on image
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