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Polish military flags

Last modified: 2005-07-23 by jarig bakker
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Flag of the Army

[Flag of the Army]  by Adam Kroger, 4 Sept 2000, from his site.

This flag is entitled: FLAGA WOJSK LADOWYCH . See also: Flag of the Navy,  Air Force and Air Defence Flag,
Jarig Bakker, 4 Sept 2000.

This flag is shown in The World Encyclopedia Of Flags (Znamierowski, p. 83). The insignia is actually a representation of the  cap badge. TWEOF shows similar flags for the Polish Navy and Airforce, both red with a representation of the appropriate cap badge. According to TWEOF, all three were adopted in 1993.
Tom Gregg, 23 Apr 2000

Does anyone know how these are used?  They don't look like they'd be flown over military installations (and we know Polish AF bases have the airfields flag), and the one for the Navy certainly is neither the ensign nor the jack.  So are they parade flags of some kind?
Joe McMillan, 23 Apr 2000

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland (Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospoliej Polskiej) consist of three Forces:
- The Land Army (Wojska Lądowe)
- The Air Forces and Air Defence (Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej)
- The Navy (Marynarka Wojenna)
All these Forces have flags, established by Sejm 19 February 1993. These flags  (pl^army, pl~navy and pl^air)  are neither ensigns nor jacks. They are flown over military units:
- On the holiday of each Force.
- The holiday of Land Army is 12 September - anniversary of King John III Sobieski's victory over Kara Mustafa's Ottoman Turks at Vienna (1683).
I have seen Army Flag flown 12 September 2000, over Stefan Czarnecki Military Academy in Poznań.
Grzegorz Skrukwa, 16 Sept 2000


Polish People's Army

[Polish People's Army]
by Željko Heimer

James Dignan gets this flag from a stamp marked XXXV-Lecie (35th anniversary) Ludowego Woj