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Armed Forces' Flags (Jordan)

[Armed Forces Joint Service Flag (Jordan)]

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Joint Service Flag
image by Joseph McMillan

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Jordan

Joint Service Flag

I was to Jordan in March 2000. In addition to the army flag there is a flag for the Jordan Armed Forces as a whole. It is similar to the army flag but has a combined services badge of crossed scimitars, anchor, and eagle, all surrounded by a wreath and ensigned with the Jordanian royal crown in proper colors. I saw this flag flying outside the General Headquarters in Amman and displayed in the office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where it was trimmed with a red and gold fringe and topped with a finial consisting of a crown atop a large ball.

Joseph McMillan, 04 Apr 2000

This flag is labelled in Album des Pavillons 2001 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Željko Heimer, 30 Mar 2002

Royal Maintenance Corps

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image by Marcus Schmöger, 19 Nov 2006

According to drawings on the website of the Royal Maintenance Corps, the flag of this unit seems to be a red-yellow-blue horizontal triband with the badge in the center. The badge shows a red flash surmounted by a rearing horse, all under a crown and surrounded by green wreath.

Marcus Schmöger, 19 Nov 2006

Unit Colours

Air Force Colour (?)

At the RJAF website there is a photograph of a ceremony involving the kissing of a pale-blue air force flag or colour. The fact that it does apparently not show the national flag in the canton leads me to believe this might be a colour rather than the Air Force flag that we already know (more or less).

Several Colours

At a recent parade several colours were shown. Most of them were dark red with some golden device; several others were of different colours, including one in pale blue (perhaps another Air Force colour).

Colour of the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment (early 1950's)

The book "The Arab Legion" contains a b/w photo of the colour party of the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment [scan]. What can be seen from the photo is that the colour was of a dark colour charged with a crown over an unclear device over a scroll with inscription.

Colour of the 7th Infantry Regiment (1952)

image by Eugene Ipavec and Željko Heimer, 27 Jul 2007

A colour plate in the book "The Arab Legion" [scan] shows the standard-bearer of the 7th Infantry Regiment in 1952. The image caption describes this as the "Regiment's Colour (el alam), old pattern." It seems to be green over white with white devices in the green field (including a crown, wreath and scroll).

Source: Peter Young (1972) The Arab Legion. Men-at-arms Series. Reading (Osprey).

Marcus Schmöger, 19 Nov 2006

Unidentified Military Flags

A photo of a parade of the Jordanian military can be seen at the Hyperstealth website, with a whole slew of flags visible, though at some distance. The one in the first jeep is the national flag, the one to the far right is likely the war ensign, and some of the red ones are probably the army and joint-forces flags, but that still leaves ~15 (!) UFEs.

Eugene Ipavec, 04 Oct 2007