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El Salvador - National Flag and Naval Ensign

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(189:335)
by Željko Heimer, 7 January 2003



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Description and use of the flag

The military flag of El Salvador is pure blue over white over blue flag with the state's coat of arms, ratio 189:335. The military flag is used by the goverment on land and the military forces on land and sea.
The coat of arms itself is similar to Nicaraguan, but more complicated, with five flags around the triangle and green branches. Text around it sais: REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL. In the middle of the triangle above the cap is the date 15 DE SET DE 1821 (15th of September, 1821), the independence day.
Željko Heimer
, 29 Febuary 1996

At "Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustre" (1926) - El Salvador has a version of the emblem with four flags but without any text around it. The triangle looks like a red sea in front of blue mountains, with a liberty cap above them, but it may have been hard to put all the exact details in a 3mm high triangle.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 29 October 2000

According to Album 2000 [pay00]:
- National Flag and Naval Ensign (-SW/--W 189:335) - Blue-white-blue triband with the national coat of arms in the middle of the white stripe. The coat of arms