Uruguayan Army flags

Ejército Nacional

Last modified: 2004-12-28 by francisco gregoric
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  Reported by Francisco Gregoric, 31 Jul 2004
  

[This is] the flag of Ejército Nacional del Uruguay (Uruguay's National Army) as it appears in Gaceta de Banderas [gdb], May 2004 issue, drawn by Luis Miguel Arias Pérez and exported to a FOTW GIF by myself.
Santiago Dotor, May 13 2004

The Army's flag is regulated by Decree No.13/999 (14 January 1999). The decree establishes the color of the flag (gold, with a golden fringe), the dimensions of the flag (the same dimensions that a War Flag) and the symbol that appears in the center (the same that appears in the Uruguayan Army Coat of Arms): Artigas' Cockade, a sword and two laurel branches with a light blue ribbon to attach them.

The meaning of the parts is the same that appears in the Army's Coat of Arms.

The sword is the same one that Buenos Aires Government gave Jose Artigas (with the rank of colonel) after the battle of Las Piedras (The Stones) in 1811. That sword is preserved nowadays at the Blandengues de Artigas Headquarters in Montevideo. Blandengues are a cavalry military unit originally commanded by Jose Artigas himself, and nowadays they work as Uruguayan Presidential escort.

The laurel branches are symbols of forever victory.