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Czech military color (obverse)

[Czech military color (obverse)]  by Joseph McMillan, 18 Feb 2002

A military color in Czech is a bojová zástava. It is square, the obverse a banner of the arms of the Czech Republic (quarterly, 1st and 4th Bohemia, 2nd Moravia, 3rd Silesia), all within a border of white, red, and blue "flames."  The blue of the flames is somewhat lighter than that of the field of the 2nd quarter.  I have not found a good image of the reverse, except to know that it is different.  The third reference below shows a dark blue field, with the name of the unit inscribed in yellow along the top.
Presumably other devices are included.  The reverse as the same white, red, and blue border as the obverse.  In at least one photo, the staff is bamboo or some other kind of cane, to which the flag is fastened with ties.  Spearhead finial.  Decorations and distinctions attached below the spearhead as embroidered streamers.
The arms are drawn from a scan of the COA in Album 2000. I hope someone uncovers a clear image