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by Audrius Slapsinskas, 23 July 2003
The Army of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos
kariuomene) - The flag is drawn according to the picture from
back cover of magazine "Karys" (Warrior), number 4,
1992. I think the relationship of the width of the flag to the
length should be 1:1.2, i.e. same dimentions as President's flag.
The flag of the Army of the Republic of Lithuania was confirmed
by the President of the Republic of Lithuania on November 21,
2000 (full text of Decree in Lithuanian: <www3.lrs.lt>).
Author - N. Treinys.
Audrius Slapsinskas, 23 July 2003
Photo of the flag (fringed) can be seen at <www.cuff.dk>.
Jan Mertens, 15 August 2003
The flag of Juozas Vitkus
Engineer Battalion, can be seen at <buves.kam.lt>.
Jan Mertens, 17 August 2003
The flag of Lithuanian
Grand Duke Algirdas Motorised Infantry Battalion (Lietuvos
Didžiojo kunigaikšcio Algirdo mechanizuotasis
pestininku batalionas), can be seen at <www.kam.lt>.
Audrius Slapsinskas, 6 October 2003
The flags of Grand
Duchess Birute Motorised Infantry Battalion and the LITPOLBAT
(Lithuanian and Polish Battalion, can be seen at <www.kam.lt>.
Audrius Slapsinskas, 6 October 2003
by Marc Pasquin, 26 December 2004
The flag of Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion
as can be seen at <www.kam.lt>
. It would appear to be based on the lithuanian infrantry design
but with a black background and the battalion badge (a 3 headed
dragon holding a sword) replacing the national emblem. I have
made the flag as per the image which is the reverse (hoist to the
right). As the dragon is facing the opposite side then on their
badge, it is probably safe to assume that the observe is
identical apart from the orientation of the dragon. Thanks
to an online lithuanian dictionary, I have found out that the
motto is "Overcome or ....." (couldn't find z^usim). If
i had to guess, the last part could be something along the lines
of "or nothing" or "or death" . The date
under the dragon is the foundation of the unit under the name of
"Klaipeda Motor-Airborne Battalion". It was then
changed on 28 October 1993 to "7th Dragoon Coast
Battalion" and finaly on 22 february 2000 to its current
name. The flag itself was awarded in july 1996.
Marc Pasquin, 26 September 2004
That's no dragon, that's a wyvern (only two legs).
James Dignan, 26 September 2004
The motto is "Nugalėsim arba Žūsim" (without the
lithuanian characters "Nugalesim arba Zusim", which
literally translates to "We will defeat [them] or we will
die."
Rimas V. Janusonis, 26 December 2004
The flag of Lithuanian
Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion (Lietuvos didžiojo
kunigaikšcio Gedimino štabo batalionas), can be seen at
<www.kam.lt>.
Audrius Slapsinskas, 6 October 2003
