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The commanding officer's and service pennants of the French Army, as prescribed by the 1933 regulations, are shown in a series of 20 plates, adapted from official models published in 1937, entitled Les uniformes de l'Armé françise, 1939-1940, edited by François Vauvillier (Paris, the author, 1989).
They are similar, with slight modifications, to the pennants used before and shown in Grand Larousse Illustré du XXe siècle, 1928.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
![[General Commander-in-Chief's pennant]](../images/f/fr^gccga.gif)
Pennant of a General Commander-in-Chief - Images by Ivan Sache, 19 November 2000
The pennant of a General Commander-in-Chief is similar to the French national flag. Its size is 0.9 x 0.7 m, with a white cravate with a gold fringe; 0.65 x 0.5 m, with a tricolour cravate with a gold fringe, for the Commander of an Army Group; and 0.65 x 0.5 m, with a tricolour cravate without fringe, for the Commander of an Army.
The lantern is white with a blue star within a red circle for the General Commandier-in-Chief, white with a yellow star for the Commander of an Army Group, and white for the Commander of an Army.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
![[Army General Staff's pennant]](../images/f/fr^mgga.gif)
Pennant of the Army General Staff - Image by Ivan Sache, 19 November 2000
The pennant of the Army General Staff is similar to the French national flag with a red and white border on the three free edges of the flag, in overall size 0.75 x 0.7 m, with a cravate.
The lantern is white.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
![[General commanding the Artillery or the Engineers of an army]](../images/f/fr^gcag.gif)
Pennant of the General commanding the Artillery or the Engineers of an Army - Image by Ivan Sache, 19 November 2000
The pennant of the General commanding the Artillery or the Engineers of an Army is diagonally divided, per bend sinister, red-blue, in size 0.65 x 0.5 m.
The lantern is red.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
![[General commanding an Infantry Division]](../images/f/fr^gc1di.gif)
Pennant of a General commanding an Infantry Division - Image by Ivan Sache, 19 November 2000
The pennant of the General commanding an Infantry Division is in size 0.65 x 0.5 m, vertically divided red-white-red.
The lantern is red.
Ivan Sache, 21 November 2000
The pennant of a General commanding the Artillery or the Engineers of an Army Corps is in size 0.65 x 0.5 m, vertically divided blue-white-blue.
The lantern is blue.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
The pennant of a General commanding a Cavalry Brigade is in size 0.65 x 0.5 m, swallow-tailed, horizontally divided blue-white.
The lantern is green.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
![[General commanding a Cavalry Corps]](../images/f/fr^gcgdc.gif)
![[General commanding a cavalry division]](../images/f/fr^gcdc.gif)
Pennant of the Generals commanding a Cavalry Corps (left) and a Cavalry Division (right) - Images by Ivan Sache, 19 November 2000
The pennant of the Generals commanding a Cavalry Corps is in size 0.65 x 0.5 m, diagonally divided, per bend sinister, red-white. The pennant for the Commander of Cavalry Division is similar but blue-white.
The lantern is white for the Commander of a Cavalry Corps and red for the Commander of a Division.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
The pennant of a General commanding a Brigade is in size 0.65 x 0.5 m, swallow-tailed, plain blue.
The lantern is blue.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
The pennant of a General commanding Divisional Artillery is in size 0.65 x 0.5 m, swallow-tailed, horizontally divided red-blue.
The lantern is green.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000
The pennant of a General commanding the Tanks of an Army is in size 0.65 x 0.5 m, horizontally divided green-light grey. This pennant was created on 8 July 1933.
The lantern is green.
Ian Sumner, 21 November 2000