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Description

Italiano: La bandiera dell'Impero d'Etiopia con al centro il Leone di Giuda

English: The flag of the Ethiopian Empire with the Lion of Judah in the center

Date

7 March 2007 (original upload date)

Source

SVG version of Image:Flag of Ethiopia (1897).png

Based on these images: [1][2][3][4]

Author

Oren neu dag

Permission
(Reusing this file)

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Copyright notes

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Insignia

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Other versions

Derivative works of this file:

Imperial Coat of Arms of Ethiopia under Haile Selassie.

SVG development

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:42, 8 September 2025	900 × 600 (57 KB)	Nebula84912	Reverted to version as of 13:29, 4 September 2025 (UTC) Take it to the talk page
	14:09, 8 September 2025	900 × 600 (192 KB)	Martin832	Better lion
	13:29, 4 September 2025	900 × 600 (57 KB)	NorthTension	Reverted to version as of 14:24, 11 October 2023 (UTC) spam
	10:31, 4 September 2025	900 × 600 (192 KB)	Martin832	Original version
	14:24, 11 October 2023	900 × 600 (57 KB)	ZandDev	validated, attributes
	13:59, 4 November 2020	900 × 600 (58 KB)	Taeniura	Reverted to version as of 09:04, 22 March 2019 (UTC) No references
	13:04, 23 May 2020	900 × 600 (236 KB)	Oanes1792	Reverted to version as of 20:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC). Original colours.
	09:04, 22 March 2019	900 × 600 (58 KB)	Havsjö	The CoA is just an artists rendition and doesnt "100%" match real life examples (see: http://www.hubert-herald.nl/EthiopiaMod.htm) This version of the flag matches real examples much more in design, colour and size. The artists rendition of the CoA is not a authoritative source. Rather change the CoA to better match real examples instead.
	16:04, 16 March 2019	900 × 600 (192 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Reverted to version as of 23:18, 13 March 2019 (UTC): previous lion not aligned to related coat of arms! It is obsolete and bad svg design! Stop vandalism! No valid reasons for previous revert.
	14:53, 16 March 2019	900 × 600 (58 KB)	Kallgan	Reverted to version as of 22:56, 13 March 2019 (UTC)