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Brazilian Army: Historic Standards (Old-Style)

Last modified: 2003-09-06 by joe mcmillan
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Old-Style Brazilian Army Standards

Although there are now standard patterns for Brazilian unit colors, Brazil, unlike other countries, allows units that were granted "historic standards" during earlier periods to keep using the same design originally granted.
Joseph McMillan, 2 June 2001

The images are from two sources: official Brazilian Army prints from the 1940s in the files of the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry and pictures on various internet pages of the Brazilian Army and the units concerned. Where I have found modern pictures of the standards from the 1940s, the design has invariably remained unchanged. The use of these flags seems to have begun in the 1930s.
Joseph McMillan, 17 May 2001

The "historic standards" granted by the Brazilian Army to its military units were originally of a unique design for each unit-- combinations of stripes, saltires, borders, stars, crosses, etc., mainly but not exclusively in red and blue, with badges, battle honors, and other devices in silver, gold, and other colors.