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Raised pliable plastic sticker. 1.5" square.
The Air Force checkerboard (Polish: szachownica lotnicza) is a national
marking for the aircraft of the Polish Air Force, equivalent to roundels
used in other nations' air forces. It consists of four equal squares,
of which the upper left and lower right are white, and the other two –
red. These are surrounded by a border of inverted (counterchanged)
colors 1/5 the thickness of a single square. Until 1993 the colors were
reversed (i.e. red in the upper left).
Initially Polish military
aircraft used varied signs in national colors (red and white), most
frequently shields party per bend, pale, or red letter "Z" in a white
square. The four-field, red-white checkerboard, was first used as a
personal insignia of the Polish fighter pilot Stefan Stec. It was
adapted as the Polish national roundel on 1 December, 1918.
In
1921 contrasting red and white border was added, but without specified
dimension. In 1930 the ratio of border to fields was fixed at 1:5.
According to current regulations, an additional gray border can be
added, 1:6 the size of the field, if the insignia is on white or red
background.
Between 1960s and 1980s the checkerboard (usually
rotated 45 degrees) was also painted on turrets and hulls of Polish
Army's tanks and APCs. The tradition was however discontinued.
In
1993 the color order was changed from red-dominant (red in the upper
left) to white-dominant, to conform to heraldic rules, though ignoring
the 70-year old tradition. The first white-dominant checkerboard was
used in 1940 in France.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Air_Force_che...
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Features
- Size approx 1.5" x 1.5"
- Made In Poland
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