Military heraldry of Litva
Emblems of the Litvan army through the centuries
The Litvan Grand Duchy
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Litvan banners in the battle of Gruenwald, 1410 |
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Medieval Litvan military banner |
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Litvan chivalry in the battle of Orša, 1514. A fragment of a 16th-century-painting |
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a detail of Litvan officer uniforms, 1785-1790 |
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seal of the 2nd Chivalry Regiment, 1794 |
Under the Russian rule
In the Russian empire military units formed in national regions had their uniforms and emblems designed according to the regional traditions. So the military units formed on Litvan territory had many attributes of the old Litvan army
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Banner and uniform items of Litvan military divisions in the Russian army, 19th century |
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emblem of the Połacak Musketeers Regiment, 1774 |
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sign of the Harodnia Hussar Leibguards
Regiment (19th century) |
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sign of the 7th Whiteruthenian Hussars
Regiment (begin of the 20th century) |
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cockade, 1818 |
Litvan military units in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte
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seal of the 17th Ulan Regiment of M. Tyškievič |
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officer hat of the 17th Ulan Regiment, 1812 |
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a portupee of 1812 |
Litvan uprisings
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a sable of the uprising of 1863 |
The Belarusian Democratic Republic
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emblem of the Belarusian Military Council, 1920 |
The Soviet Union
The Nazi
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patch of the Litvan SS-division "Weissruthenien" |
see also:
Uniforms of Litvan military units under the Nazist occupation
Uniforms of the Belarusian Self-defence
The Republic of Belarus
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Military patch of the Belarusian army, 1990-1995. Above the flag it says "Biełaruś" ("Belarus") and under the flag "uzbrojenyja siły" ("armed forces") |
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emblem of the Belarusian army under the Łukashist regime. Derived from the military emblem of the USSR |
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The Łukashist military flag. Above the arms it says "uzbrojenyja siły" ("armed forces") and under the arms it's "Respubliki Biełaruś" ("of the Republic of Belarus") |
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On the revert side of the military flag above the emblem is the slogan "Za našu Radzimu" ("For our Fatherland"), derived from the Soviet army slogan "For our Soviet Fatherland". Under the emblem is the name of the military unit is placed |
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patch of the Belarusian army under the Łukashist regime |
see also: modern Military heraldry of the Republic of Belarus on the website of the Defence Ministry of Belarus
© Bartolomaeus Horbač Anno Domini 2003