Armed Forces, Sierra Leone (original) (raw)


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image by_Zoltan Horvath_, 26 September 2024

Description of the flag

The Sierra Leone Armed Forces are responsible for the territorial security of Sierra Leone's borders and defending the national interests of Sierra Leone, within the framework of the 1991 Sierra Leone Constitution and International laws. The armed forces were formed after independence in 1961, on the basis of elements of the former British Royal West African Frontier Force, then present in the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate.

The Flag of the Armed Forces is based on the national flag, but emblem of the Armed Forces is placed in the middle of the flag overlapping into green and blue stripes.

Image of flag:
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Zoltan Horvath, 26 September 2024

Defence Staff

image by_Zoltan Horvath_, 26 September 2024

Zoltan Horvath, 26 September 2024

The drawing above show the flag as blue, and its hoist triangle as green, but it is described (and as shown in the photos linked above) as "green with a blue triangle placed on hoist side of the flag". Certainly in the photo from the Ministry of Defense, the second flag is blue with a green triangle. Perhaps both combinations exist?
Jaume Oll�, 7 November 2024