File:Flag-of-Indian-Army-Medical-Corps.svg
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| Description | Flag of the Army Medical Corps. A 2:3 rectangular flag, horizontally divided dull cherry-black-old gold (11:2:11). The colours were adopted by the Indian Army Medical Corps in 1944, as representative of the three amalgamated components. In 1953, the colours were retained as flag colours. The flags should be made of bunting cloth. Colour flag is 2' x 3' with flag mast 15' high; flag is 4' x 6' with flag mast 20' high or more. Dull cherry was the colour of the Royal Army Medical Corps and is the colour of Medical Services of many other countries. It is associated with positive health, succor, and freedom from disease. Black was the colour of Indian Hospital Corps. It is associated with formless state of creating birth and death. Old Gold was tyhe colour of Indian Medical Services, which existed before 1943. It is the symbol of Sun God Aesculapius, the God of Medicine |
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| Source | http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/in^armc.html |
| Author | Nichalp |
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| current | 20:41, 15 October 2015 | | 900 × 600 (269 bytes) | Alkari | code cleanup |
| 13:55, 4 June 2006 |  | 900 × 600 (4 KB) | Nichalp | {{Information |Description=Flag of the Army Medical Corps. A 2:3 rectangular flag, horizontally divided dull cherry-black-old gold (11:2:11). The colours were adopted by the Indian Army Medical Corps in 1944, as representative of the three amalgamated com |
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