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Military flag of El Salvador
Last modified: 1997-09-03 by filip van laenen
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Zeljko Heimer, 1996-FEB-29
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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.
Zeljko Heimer, 1996-FEB-29