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image by Željko Heimer, 7 January 2003
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The governmental flag is blue over white over blue flag,
with yellow text DIOS UNION LIBERTAD (God, Union,
Liberty), ratio 3:5. The motto on the flag is taken from the coat
of arms, the yellow band under the triangle. According to W. Smith
[smi75a], the governmental flag
is used by the government on land and sea, by civilians on sea and
by the army on land.
Željko Heimer, 29 February 1996
From El
Salvador Embassy in USA site:
"The Nation's Flag consists of two horizontal blue stripes
with a white stripe in the middle of them on a cloth
parallelogram the officially measures 3.35 meters long by 1.89
meters wide. The stripes are 0.63 meters wide.
Adopted through a Legislative Decree of May 17, 1912 it is the
same Central American Federation flag decreed by the Constituting
National Assembly on August 21, 1823. It was sworn at Campo Marte
Park on September 15th of the same year 1912 when it was
personally raised by the President of the Republic, Dr. Manuel
Enrique Araujo."
Dov Gutterman, 21 January 2002
According to Album 2000 [pay00]:
Civil Ensign and alternative State Flag (-CW/CS- 3:5) -
Blue-white-blue triband with yellow inscription DIOS UNION
LIBERTAD along the white stripe. The yellow (gold) inscription is
relatively new practice (in the case of Salvador that means
post-WWII). Previously variations with silver inscriptions were
used . I did not follow the issue further, was it that at some
point the gold vs. silver inscription designated the level of
the bearer (kind of). Is silver inscription altogether abandoned
today?
I would suspect that this flags would be used only is the
inscription is readable properly on both sides, and that if this
can't be ensured (e.g. cause of the price), one always have
possibility of using some of the other two versions. Then again,
the civil and state ensign has no variation and require the
inscription...
Željko Heimer, 7 January 2003
Here is a picture of the
flag, which I saw flying at the Air Force headquarters, also
at three different military institutions and the military
academy. As I was told the proportions of this flag are 1:3. It
is a very long flag.
Fred Drews, 7 October 2004
Dipping into some saved “edwinart” offers (eBay
Store: Edwin’s Stuff) I came across offer no. 200355655497
(end 29 Jun 2009) seen in much reduced photo.
Approximate dimensions given as 11.5" x 17" and said to
date – roughly – “from late 50s to early 70s”.
Rather worn, this flag has “screen-printed stripes and [blue,
jm] wording. Its slightly unusual in that it has the
"Y" added before the word "LIBERTAD.”
TWM disclaimer: “This and other flags I have were part of
the Tumbling Waters flag museum in Montgomery AL that went
defunct in early 80s and sold out to the Historical Society.
These flags are the "culls" from the collection.”
As above item is screen printed, it may have been a cheap and
unofficial version.
Jan Mertens, 27 August 2009
In Springdale, Arkansas, a consulate for El Salvador just opened and I was
able to notice outside that the alternate state flag was used. From what I could
tell, the flag outside was imported from El Salvador because the hoisting clips
on the flag were small holes made into the flag itself instead of a header. From
what I could see briefly, the text DIOS UNION LIBERTAD (God, Union, Liberty) was
more gold than yellow (similar to
https://www.flickr.com/photos/camaro27/16016610607) and the text was using a
sans serif font and in all capital letters. The height and width of the text I
couldn't catch, but it did not extend all of the way from hoist to fly, and top
and bottom, of the white stripe. It looked very similar to the earlier
referenced Flickr picture.
Zachary Harden, 28 June 2022
See also: Merchant Ensign
