Last modified: 2005-07-23 by antonio martins
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Army units carry as their national color an estandarte de
combate, or combat standard. Based on a number of photographs at various
websites and in books and magazines, this flag is the same as the regular
national flag (2:3), but with an embroidered star and
with the unit designation, honorific title, founding date and place, and,
depending on the unit, other historic information and honors embroidered
diagonally across the fly in gold. The flag is also trimmed with gold fringe.
It is mounted on a staff with a gilt condor finial; below the finial is a
cravat in the national colors with decorations attached.
Joe McMillan, 04 Dec 2003
![[RI12 color]](../images/c/cl^ir12.gif)
Color of the 12th Infantry Regiment.
Joe McMillan, 04 Dec 2003
In addition to the military color, particularly distinguished units are apparently authorized a second flag known as a bandera coronela (colonel’s color). The photos I have seen show this as a red field with a large white five-pointed star. In the ang