Jack (Thailand)

Thong Chan

Last modified: 2005-01-29 by santiago dotor
Keywords: jack | thong chan | crown: thai | chakra | anchor: fouled (yellow) | stripes: 5 (red-white-blue) |
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by Calvin Paige Herring
Flag adopted 1917

• Description
• Unidentified Jack Variant 1962

See also:

• Chakra (wheel) on Thai Military flags
• War Ensign (Thailand)
• Ensigns and other Naval Flags (Thailand)
• Thailand

Description

The Thai Jack is composed of a flag of the national colors defaced by the naval badge in gold. This badge is composed of an anchor with a rope/chain upon which is imposed a version of the chakra symbol. Note the use of the chakra on the flag of India. All of which is surmounted by the royal crown of Thailand. Sources: Flaggenbuch 1939, Barraclough et.al. 1969/1981 and others.

Calvin Paige Herring, 20 May 1998

From the Singha Beer source:

Chan Flag (B.E.2460) [1917 AD]
This flag is similar to the "Trairanga", except for an anchor — threaded through a chakkra, which occupies the center, beneath [a] yellow crown. [Identical to the Jack 1917 (th-n-jak.gif) above, but with clockwise Chakra instead of a counterclockwise one.]

In B.E.2460 [1917 AD] King Rama VI changed old "Chan" flag into the version seen above. The flag is flown from the for