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Eritrea

1993 National Flag

by Mark Sensen
Flag adopted 5 December 1995, coat of arms adopted 24 May 1993.

This flag is a combination of the Liberation army flag (similar to the current one, only with a gold star in the hoist) and another flag that I can't remember (probably another liberation army).
David Kendall, 1 December 1996

See also:

Eritrean People's Liberation Front

Flag of the President

by Jaume Ollé, 24 January 1996

President of Eritrea (adopted in 1995). Ratio 2:1. Source: The Flag Bulletin n. 169.

1952-1959 flag

I found this image of a flag of Eritrea in "Flags through the Ages and Across the World" by Whitney Smith. It has a light blue background with a green wreath in the center.
Chris Pinette, 11 July 1996

According to The Flag Bulletin of May/June 1996, the Eritrean flag with the "UN blue" field and green emblem was adopted in 1952 and used until the territory was absorbed into Ethiopia in 1959. It continued in use as a "flag of liberation" until 1993 when true independence was won.
Nick Artimovich, 11 July 1996

According to page 88 of Crampton's book (cra90), this flag was also used as the flag of the Eritrean Liberation Front, which I am assuming was the political movement for Eritrean independence.
Randy Young, 29 January 1999

The ELF was founded in 1958, and started the armed struggle three years later. In 1971, EPLF (P for People's) was founded due to disagreements in ELF. EPLF soon became the main liberation movement (see below).
Ole Andersen, 30 January 1999

People's Liberation Front

by Antonio Martins, 27 September 1997

In an excellent article (though lacking the author'a name) in The Flag Bulletin 169, the flag of the (successful) independentist movement of Eritrea is said to be approx. 5:7. However, I took from the web a JPG which was exactly 2:3. This images is redrawn from that image.

The People's Liberation Front of Eritrea uses a green over light blue flag, divided with a large red triangle extending from the hoist (base) to the fly (vertex), and charged with a large Y star rotated 90 degrees (3 o'clock position), a design that influenced the later adopted national flag.
Antonio Martins, 27 September 1997