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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