Air Force: Bangladesh

Last modified: 2003-05-30 by rob raeside
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• Description of Army Flag

• Bangladesh

The Army flag follows the British model, consisting of a dark green field with the army badge (crossed scimitars with a lotus leaf cluster above them) in yellow. The flag is shown, among other places, flying in front of the Eternal Flame Monument to the Martyrs (of independence) at the Dhaka cantonment.

In two different photos, the national standard for an infantry battalion (equivalent to Sovereign's Colour in the British Army) is the national flag with an inscription in gold Bengali letters in the upper hoist, presumably the name of the unit or possibly a motto. The standard appears to follow the British dimensions of 36 x 45 inches; it has a yellow fringe and is mounted on a staff surmounted with what looks like a flaming grenade. The cord and tassels appear to be red and yellow.

The battalion colours shown in the background of one photo are orange with yellow fringe, the same size as the national standards and equipped with similar finials. They appear to be embroidered with regimental badges in gold and white.

A photograph of a street parade by troops of the Guards shows an entire rank of 12 orange flags without fringe, approximately 2:3, with the Guards badge in golden-yellow and a white scroll at the bottom inscribed (in English) "Guards" in orange letters. The finial is an orange disk rimmed in silver with the Army badge in golden yellow.

This may be duplicating material we already have, but a description of the national flag gives the specifications (6:10 with the radius of the red circle equal to 1/5 of the fly, centered 9/20 of the way from hoist to fly). The description says the green is