General Corps – Branch of Service Flag (Israel)

Hayil Klali

Last modified: 2023-12-16 by martin karner
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3:4 | 90×120 cm
image by Dov Gutterman

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• Branch of Service and Unit Flags (Israel)
• Israel Defense Forces
• Israel

The flags are rectangular, 90 cm × 120 cm and divided diagonally by a line going from the upper hoist to the bottom fly. Bottom hoist is blue, upper fly is yellow.
Nahum Shereshevsky, 23 June 1997

The main element of the flag is usually the shoulder patch or a similar design. Since these are awarded to brigade-level (or equivalent) formations while flags are awarded to regiment/batallion-level formations, the latter flags have additional elements to distinguish the specific battalion. (...) The finials are in the shape of the corps emblems and attached to them are campaign streamers.
Nahum Shereshevsky, 25 May 1998

I checked the IDF website, looking at current formation signs (shoulder sleeve insignia). I wonder if blue-yellow is not actually the military advocate general (legal).
Tom Gregg, 31 October 2002

No. Advocate General is not a 'corps'. Blue-yellow is supposed to be 'General Corps' i.e. a corps dealing with things that other corps don't. Anyway I think it is obsolete now.
Dov Gutterman, 11 November 2002