Gallery of armed forces flags

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This is a gallery of flags of the branches of the armed forces of various countries.

armed forces[edit]

air force[edit]

Main categories: Air force and Air force ensigns

army[edit]

marines[edit]

navy[edit]

Main category: Naval flags

coast guard[edit]

former armed forces flags[edit]

Bulgaria[edit]

Kingdom of Bulgaria[edit]

Bulgaria Naval Jack 1908–1949
Bulgaria Naval Ensign 1878–1944

People's Republic of Bulgaria[edit]

War flag of Bulgaria People's Army
Naval Jack of Bulgaria People's Navy 1949-1955
Naval Ensign of Bulgaria People's Navy 1949-1955
Naval Jack of Bulgaria People's Navy 1955-1963
Naval Jack of Bulgaria People's Navy 1963-1990
Naval Ensign of Bulgaria People's Navy 1955-1990

Canada[edit]

Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Naval Jack, 1921–1957
Royal Canadian Naval Jack, 1957–1965
Canadian Army, 1939–1944
Canadian Army, 1968–1998
Canadian Army, 2013–2016

Republic of China[edit]

Flag of the army of the Republic of China ca. 1913-1928.
(variant)

Colombia (Granadine Confederation)[edit]

Granadine Confederation 1857-1861
United States of Colombia

Confederate States of America (unrecognized regime)[edit]

Confederate States of America Battle Flag
The First Confederate Navy Jack, 1861–1863
The First Confederate Navy Ensign, 1861–1863
The Second Confederate Navy Jack, 1863–1865
The Second Confederate Navy Ensign, 1863–1865

Independent State of Croatia[edit]

Army of the Independent State of Croatia
Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
Navy of the Independent State of Croatia (Naval Ensign)
Navy of the Independent State of Croatia (Naval Jack)

Czechoslovakia[edit]

Czech Partisans in Socialist Yugoslavia
Naval flag of Czechoslovakia (1935-1955)
Naval flag of Czechoslovakia (1955-1960)
War flag of Czechoslovak People's Army (1960-1990)

Egypt[edit]

Royal flight for Kingdom of Egypt (air force)
Kingdom of Egypt (air force)
Kingdom of Egypt (army)
Kingdom of Egypt (navy)
Federation of Arab Republics (navy)

Germany[edit]

German Confederation[edit]

War Flag of the Bundesheer
Naval Jack of the Reichsflotte
War ensign of the Reichsflotte

German Empire (navy)[edit]

1871-1903 Naval Jack
1903-1918 Naval Jack
1871-1892 War ensign
1892-1903 War ensign
1903-1918 War ensign

German Reich[edit]

1919–21 War ensign (de facto never used)
German Weimar Armed Forces
1933–35 War ensign
Nazi Germany (Wehrmacht & Kriegsmarine)
Nazi Germany (Schutzstaffel)

East Germany[edit]

Hungary[edit]

Hungarian Kingdom[edit]

Colour of the Honvéd Army (1848–1849)
Colour of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr (1869–1918), (obverse)
Colour of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr (1869–1918), (reverse)

Hungarian Soviet Republic[edit]

Naval Ensign
Naval Jack

Hungarian Kingdom[edit]

Royal Hungarian Army[edit]

War Flag (1920–1938)
War Flag (1939–1945)
Infantry colour (1920–1938), (obverse)
Infantry colour (1920–1938), (reverse)
Infantry colour (1939–1945), (obverse)
Cavalry standard (1939–1945), (reverse)
Bicycle and motorised infantry battalions' standard (1939–1945)

Hungarian Defence Forces[edit]

Infantry colour (1945), (obverse)
Regimental colour of the 1st Infantry Division (1945–1946)

Royal Hungarian River Guard[edit]

Naval Ensign (1921–1939)
Naval Ensign (1939–1945)
Naval Jack (1921–1945)
Naval Jack (1921–1939)
Naval Jack (1939–1945)

Hungarian Republic[edit]

Hungarian Defence Forces[edit]

Regimental colour of the 1st Infantry Division (1946–1949)
Infantry colour and armoured regiments' standard (1949)
Cavalry and motorised rifle regiments' standard (1949)

Honvéd River Guard[edit]

Naval Ensign (1946–1948)
Naval Ensign (1948–1949)
Naval Jack (1948–1949)

Hungarian People's Republic[edit]

Hungarian People's Army[edit]

Infantry colour and armoured regiments' standard (1949–1950)
Infantry colour and armoured regiments' standard (1950–1957)
Infantry colour and armoured regiments' standard (1957–1989)
Cavalry and motorised rifle regiments' standard (1949–1950)
Cavalry and motorised rifle regiments' standard (1950–1957)
Cavalry and motorised rifle regiments' standard (1957–1976)

Honvéd River Flotilla[edit]

Naval Ensign (1949–1950)
Naval Ensign (1950–1955)
Naval Ensign (1955–1957)
Naval Ensign (1957–1989)
Naval Jack (1949–1950)
Naval Jack (1950–1955)
Naval Jack (1955–1957)
Naval Jack (1957–1989)

Iran (Persia)[edit]

Qajar Dynasty[edit]

War Ensign of of Fath Ali Shah
Qajar War Ensign until 1906
Qajar War Ensign 1907-1933

Pahlavi Dynasty[edit]

Pahlavi War Ensign 1933-1964
Pahlavi War Ensign 1964-1979
Pahlavi War Ensign 1979-1980

Italy[edit]

Kingdom of Italy[edit]

War Ensign of Kingdom of Italy
Standard Color of the Royal Italian Army
Standard Color of Italian Excise
Naval Jack of the Royal Italy Navy
Standard Color of the Royal Italian Navy (reverse)
Naval Jack of the Royal Italian Navy signed by law in 1941

Italian Social Republic[edit]

War Ensign of Italian Social Republic
Standard Color of the Forze Armate Nazionale Repubblicano della Repubblica Sociale Italiana.

North Korea[edit]

Army[edit]

Standard of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (1996-2002)
Standard of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (2002-2022)
General Staff of the Korean People's Army (1993-2023)
General Staff of the Korean People's Army (1993-2023) (Reverse)
Korean People's Army Ground Force (1993-2023)
Korean People's Army Ground Force (1993-2023) (Reverse)
Korean People's Army Ground Force (Different Text) (1997-2012)

Navy[edit]

Korean People's Navy (1993-2023)
Korean People's Navy (1993-2023) (Reverse)
Korean People's Navy (1997-2011) (Different Text)

Air force[edit]

Korean People's Army Air Force (1993-2023) (insignia updated in 2012)
Korean People's Army Air Force (1993-2023) (Reverse)
Korean People's Army Air Force (1997-2012) (modified slogan 1997–2011)

South Africa[edit]

Army[edit]

Air Forces[edit]

1920-1940
1940-1951
1951-1958
1970-1981
1967-1970
1958-1967
1981-1982
1982-1994
1994-2003

Navy[edit]

1922-1946
1946-1951
1951-1952
1952-1981
1981-1994

Sri Lanka (Ceylon)[edit]

Thailand (Siam)[edit]

Royal Siamese Army in Haw Wars (1885–1887)
Royal Siamese Army (1891–1908)
Siamese Expeditionary Force in World War I, obverse (1917–1918)
Siamese Expeditionary Force in World War I, reverse (1917–1918)

Soviet Union[edit]

Spain[edit]

Cross of Burgundy Flag, Spain
Cross of Burgundy Flag, Tercios Morados Viejos
Pabellón mercante español usado en Flandes

United States Armed Forces[edit]

United States Cavalry

Yugoslavia[edit]

Kingdom of Yugoslavia[edit]

Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia 1919 - 1920
Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslavia[edit]

Armed Forces Flag of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Units of Yugoslavia in 1942
Naval Ensign of the National Liberation Navy and Partisan Units of Yugoslavia in 1942
Naval jack of the National Liberation Navy and Partisan Units of Yugoslavia in 1942
Naval Ensign of the SFR Yugoslav Navy (used up to 1991.)
Naval Jack of the SFR Yugoslav Navy (used up to 1991.)

related property[edit]

More broadly, any flag used by armed forces to represent themselves or the nation they serve can be considered a war or military flag.

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