Flag of Eswatini

Kingdom of Eswatini
Flag of Eswatini
UseState and war flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Reverse side is mirror image of obverse side
Proportion2:3
Adopted6 October 1968
(current standard depiction by 2011)
DesignA horizontal triband of blue (top and bottom) and the yellow-edged red (triple width) with the large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and the staff decorated with the feather tassels called injobo (tassels-bunches of feathers of the widowbird and the lourie) all centered horizontally of the red band.
Designed byKing Sobhuza II
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Commonwealth Day, 2014, London: Swazi flag on the extreme left

The flag of Eswatini was adopted on 6 October 1968[1] after Eswatini (then known as Swaziland) gained independence from the British Empire one month before. The design by King Sobhuza II features a black and white shield, with a staff and two spears, on a field of blue, yellow, and red horizontal bands.

  1. ^ "Swaziland". Flagpost. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

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