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The flags of general officers in the Brazilian Army as of 1944 were referred to as "distinctive signals of large commands" and followed the German system of representing the command position rather than the officer's rank. All of them are (or were) divided vertically, red in the hoist with a white lozenge throughout, and horizontally striped in the fly, green and golden yellow, with the number of stripes representing the level of the command (five for an army, four for a corps, three for a division, and two for a brigade). Red numbers and symbols on the lozenge indicated the specific command.
Source: Prints entitled Sinais Distintivos (Bandeirolas e Lanternas): Altas Autoridades - Grandes Comandos, published by the Photo-Cartographic Office of the Brazilian Ministry of War , in the files of the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry.
Joseph McMillan, 2 May 2001
by Joseph McMillan
The commander of an army had the number of the army in Roman numerals, and three green and two yellow stripes. The illustration is the command flag for the 3rd Army, traditionally the most important, posted in southern Brazil near the Argentine, Paraguayan, and Uruguayan borders.
Joseph McMillan, 2 May 2001
by Joseph McMillan
Commander of the artillery of an army: a flaming grenade above the number of the army in Roman numerals; in the fly, three green and two yellow stripes.
Joseph McMillan, May 2001
by Joseph McMillan,
Commander of an army corps: the number of the corps in Arabic numerals; in the fly, two green and two yellow stripes.
Joseph McMillan, 3 May 2001
by Joseph McMillan
Commander of corps artillery: a flaming grenade above the number of the corps in Arabic numerals; in the fly, two green and two yellow stripes.
Joseph McMillan, 3 May 2001
by Joseph McMillan
Commander of a cavalry corps: crossed lances with pennons above the number of the corps in Arabic numerals; in the fly, two green and two yellow stripes.
Joseph McMillan, 3 May 2001
by Joseph McMillan
Commander of an infantry division: the number of the division in Arabic numerals; in the fly, two green and one yellow stripe.
Joseph McMillan, 3 May 2001