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    Egypt Flag

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    How to identify it

    Red, white and black horizontal bands with a gold Eagle of Saladin in the centre of the white band.

    Design and construction

    Adoption and legal status
    The present flag with the Eagle of Saladin was adopted in 1984.

    History of the design

    It replaced the 1972 to 1984 version whose central emblem was the Hawk of Quraish. The basic Arab Liberation tricolour dates from the 1952 revolution.

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