File:Beret flash of the United States Army.svg

Original file(SVG file, nominally 562 × 675 pixels, file size: 9 KB)

Summary

 
W3C-validity not checked.
Description
English: US Army Flash
  • Description: The selected Army flash is based on the National colors, white stars on a blue field, which were carried by the Continental Army through the Revolutionary War and present at the victory of Yorktown.

According to historical references, the flags used by the Continental Army were "blue". The field flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army was light blue with thirteen stars. Other flags of the same time period were dark blues with thirteen stars.

  • Symbolism: The blue background is symbolic of the union of the United States flag and the thirteen stars represent the original colonies.
  • Background: The beret flash was approved on 20 Nov 2000.
- US Army Institute Of Heraldry
Date
Source Own work
Author Gigillo83
Other versions File:USAFLASH.gif

Licensing

Public domain
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia produced by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry. It is in the public domain but its use is restricted by Title 18, United States Code, Section 704 [1] and the Code of Federal Regulations (32 CFR, Part 507) [2], [3]. Permission to use these images in the USA for most commercial purposes must be obtained from The Institute of Heraldry prior to their use.

Deutsch  English  فارسی  日本語  русский  +/−

Original upload log

The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
  • 2005-10-06 20:11 CORNELIUSSEON 562×675×2 (8941 bytes) United States Army Flash *'''Description:''' The selected Army flash is based on the National colors, white stars on a blue field, which were carried by the Continental Army through the Revolutionary War and present at the victory of Yorktown. According
  • 2005-10-06 19:55 CORNELIUSSEON 562×675×2 (8941 bytes) US Army Flash *'''Description:''' The selected Army flash is based on the National colors, white stars on a blue field, which were carried by the Continental Army through the Revolutionary War and present at the victory of Yorktown. According to histori

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

20 November 2000

image/svg+xml

993855ed841caeaa28926b3dd65b729edc814132

9,288 byte

675 pixel

562 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current19:01, 20 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 19:01, 20 January 2010562 × 675 (9 KB)Gigillo83{{Information |Description={{en|US Army Flash *'''Description:''' The selected Army flash is based on the National colors, white stars on a blue field, which were carried by the Continental Army through the Revolutionary War and present at the victory of
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file: