| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | 1270-1853 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of Yellow, Red and Green. |
 | 1530-1543 | Flag of The Adal Sultanate | A vertical tricolour of white, red and white with a crescent moon in each stripe. |
 | 1557–1793 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | Red field with a Green Disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc. |
 | 1793–1844 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 8-pointed star. |
 | 1793–1844 | Flag of Ottoman Egypt | Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star. |
 | 1844–1882 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a 5-pointed star. |
 | 1844-1867 | Flag of self-declared Khedivate of Egypt introduced by Muhammad Ali | Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star. |
 | 1867–1881 | Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt | Red flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars. |
 | 1875–1881 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and purple with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. |
 | 1881–1882 | Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation | Identical to the previous flag. |
 | 1881–1882 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | 3 triangular pennants of red, yellow and green. |
 | 1881–1882 | Flag used during the Mahdist Revolt and in Mahdist Sudan | A golden field with blue and red borders and a blue arabic script in the center. |
 | 1881–1882 | black standard used in Mahdist Sudan | A simple black field. |
 | 1882–1941 | Flag of Kingdom of Italy (Italian Eritrea) | An Italian tricolour featuring three equally sized vertical pales of green, white and red with Savoy shield and Royal crown in the middle. [5] |
 | 1882–1941 | Royal Standard of the King of Italy | A blue flag with a eagle with crown and four crown at corners. |
 | 1938-1941 | Flag of the Viceroy and Governor-General Italian East Africa | |
 | 1941–1952 | Flag of United Kingdom (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan {British Military Administration in Eritrea}) | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
 | 1941–1952 | The Royal Standard of the United Kingdom | A banner of the King's Arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom |
 | 1941–1952 | Flag of Kingdom of Egypt (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) | Green field with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars. |
 | 1941–1952 | Standard of the King of Egypt | Identical to the national flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, with the royal crown added in the upper-left corner. |
 | 1952–1962 | Flag of Eritrea under Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea | A Light Blue Field with a Green vertical olive branch encircled by an olive wreath in the center. [6] |
 | 1952–1974 | Flag of The Ethiopian Empire | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center. |
 | 1952–1974 | Imperial Standard of Ethiopia (Obverse) | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center with 5 6-pointed stars. |
 | 1952–1974 | Imperial Standard of Ethiopia (Reverse) | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the figure of Saint George and the Dragon superimposed at the center with 5 6-pointed stars. |
 | 1974–1975 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Lion of Judah superimposed at the center (without the crown and with a spear). |
 | 1975–1987 | Flag of The Derg | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with The Ethiopian Emblem superimposed at the center. |
 | 1987–1991 | Flag of The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Ethiopian Emblem superimposed at the center. |
 | 1991–1993 | Flag of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia | A horizontal tricolour of green, yellow and red with the Ethiopian Emblem superimposed at the center. |
 | 1961–1991 | Flag of The EPLF | A red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side pointed toward the fly-side and then divided into two right triangles: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue with a golden 5-pointed star centered on the hoist side of the triangle. [7] |
 | 1993–1995 | Flag of Eritrea | A red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side pointed toward the fly-side and then divided into two right triangles: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue with an Emblem (1952–1995) in gold (a vertical olive branch encircled by an olive wreath) centered on the hoist side of the triangle. |
