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Lithuania - Military Flags

Overview
The Army of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Kariuomene)
Lithuanian Armed Forces
Land Force
Juozas Vitkus Engineering Battalion
Grand Duke Algirdas Motorised Infantry Battalion
Grand Duchess Birute Motorised Infantry Battalion and LITPOLBAT
Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoons Training Battalion
Grand Duke Gediminas Headquarters Batallion

See also:

Overview

The Army of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Kariuomene)

image 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

Lithuanian Armed Forces

Obverse
image by Miles Li and Audrius Slapsinskas, 7 August 2009

Reverse
image by Miles Li, 7 August 2009

Reverse side is based on <kariuomene.kam.lt>. Obverse side is not shown on this flag page, but can be seen on the photo here.
Miles Li, 7 August 2009

Land Force

image by Miles Li, 3 July 2009

Based on Lithuanian Ministry of Defence website.
Miles Li, 3 July 2009

Juozas Vitkus Engineering Battalion

The flag of Juozas Vitkus Engineering Battalion, can be seen at Lithuanian Ministry of Defence website.
Jan Mertens, 17 August 2003 and Miles Li, 3 July 2009

Grand Duke Algirdas Motorised Infantry Battalion

The flag of Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Motorised Infantry Battalion (Lietuvos Didžiojo kunigaikšcio Algirdo mechanizuotasis pestininku batalionas), can be seen at Lithuanian Ministry of Defence website.
Audrius Slapsinskas, 6 October 2003 and Miles Li, 3 July 2009

Grand Duchess Birute Motorised Infantry Battalion and LITPOLBAT

The flags of Grand Duchess Birute Motorised Infantry Battalion and the LITPOLBAT (Lithuanian and Polish Battalion, can be seen at in photo <www.kam.lt>.
Audrius Slapsinskas, 6 October 2003

Flag of Grand Duchess Birute Motorised Infantry Battalion is illustrated at Lithuanian Ministry of Defence website.
Miles Li, 3 July 2009

Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Training Battalion

image 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

Grand Duke Gediminas Headquarters Battalion

The flag of Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Headquarters Battalion (Lietuvos didžiojo kunigaikšcio Gedimino štabo batalionas), can be seen at Lithuanian Ministry of Defence website..
Audrius Slapsinskas, 6 October 2003 and Miles Li, 3 July 2009