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France: Flag officers (Army and Air Force)

Last modified: 2008-11-08 by ivan sache
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Generals in the French Army and Air Force

In the French Army and Air Force, Divisional General is the highest substantive rank; anything higher are considered honorary titles. On one hand, successful Divisional Generals can be conferred the "style and position" (rang et appellation) of General of Army Corps (four stars) or Army General (five stars), although back in the days of the Flaggenbuch they could only fly the flag of their actual rank.

Miles Li, 9 October 2007

Army General / Air Army General

[Flag of a 5-star General]         [Car flag of a 5-star General]

Flag at sea (left) and car flag (right) of an Army General - Images by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

According to Album des Pavillons [pay00], the flag of an Army General (Général d'Armée [Army] / Général d'Armée Aérienne [Air]) is a white square flag with the tricolour flag in canton and five blue stars placed 1-1-2-1 in lower fly.
The car flag of an Army General is similar but with proportions 7:8.

Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

General of Army Corps / General of Air Army Corps

[Flag of a 4-star General]         [Car flag of a 4-star General]

Flag at sea (left) and car flag (right) of a General of Army Corps - Images by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

According to Album des Pavillons [pay00], the flag of a General of Army Corps (Général de Corps d'Armée [Army] / Général de Corps Aérien [Air]) is a white square flag with the tricolour flag in canton and four blue stars placed 1-2-1 in lower fly.
The car flag of a General of Army Corps is similar but with proportions 7:8.

Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

Divisional General / Air Divisional General

[Flag of a 3-star General]         [Car flag of a 3-star General]

Flag at sea (left) and car flag (right) of a Divisional General - Images by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

According to Album des Pavillons [pay00], the flag of a Divisional General (Général de Division [Army] / Général de Division Aérienne [Air]) is a white square flag with the tricolour flag in canton and three blue stars placed 1-2 in lower fly.
The car flag of a Divisional General is similar but with proportions 7:8.

Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

Brigadier General / Air Brigadier General

[Flag of a 2-star General]         [Car flag of a 2-star General]

Flag at sea (left) and car flag (right) of a Brigadier General - Images by Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

According to Album des Pavillons [pay00], the flag of a Brigadier General (Général de Brigade [Army] / Général de Brigade Aérienne [Air]) is a white square flag with the tricolour flag in canton and two blue stars placed vertically in lower fly.
The car flag of a Brigadier General is similar but with proportions 7:8.

Željko Heimer, 13 November 2001

Flag officers' former flags

[Former flag of a 3-star General]         [Former flag of a 3-star General]

Former flags of a Divisional General (left) and of a Brigadier General (right) - Images by Miles Li & Željko Heimer, 9 October 2007

Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39] shows the flag of a Divisional General as a tricolour flag with two blue swords crossed per saltire in the middle of the white stripe, and the flag of a Brigadier General as a tricolour flag quartered by a white cross with two blue swords crossed per saltire in the middle of the white stripe.

Ivan Sache, 9 October 2007