Kingdom of Greece: Army rank flags

Last modified: 2014-12-20 by ivan sache
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• Army Field Marshal
• Lieutenant General
• Major General

See also:

• Greece
• Greece: Historical overview
• Greece: History of the national flag. II - 1828-1970

Army Field Marshal

Flag of Army Field Marshal - Image modified from [k7k97] by Eugene Ipavec, 19 November 2009

According to the book Hellenic flags [k7k97], the flag of an Army Field Marshal, 1921, shown in the National History Museum of Athens, is blue with a white cross, a golden cross in the middle and two yellow batons crossed per saltire and crowned or in each quarter.

Nozomi Karyasu, 19 November 2009

Lieutenant General

Flag of a Lieutenant General
Left, as shown in the National History Museum - Image modified from [k7k97] by Eugene Ipavec, 12 December 2009
Right, as represented in Flaggenbuch - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 October 2007

According to the book Hellenic flags [k7k97], the flag of a Lieutenant General, shown in the National History Museum of Athens, was a triangular pennant, in proportions 1:2, in the Greek colours (white cross on blue), with the upper hoist divided by two sinister bendy white stripes.
Flaggenbuch shows a similar flag, with the upper hoist divided by three sinister bendy white stripes.

Major General

Flag of a Major General - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 31 October 2007

Flaggenbuch [neu92] (1939) shows the flag of a Major General as a triangular pennant, in proportions 1:2, in the Greek colours (white cross on blue), with the upper hoist divided by three sinister bendy white lines and the lower hoist divided by three bendy white lines.