Eritrea. Bank of Eritrea. Nakfa System. 1997 Issues. 10 nakfa Type 1997. Date: May 24, 1997. Dimensions: 140 x 70 mm. Watermark: Camel head. Material: Paper. Holographic stripe at left. Solid security thread printed Bank of Eritrea. Printer: Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), Germany. Front and back: polychrome printing predominantly black, brown and green. Description of the front: Fighter erecting the EPLF flag at left. Triptych portrait of three young women of Eritrea's nine nationalities at center. Value in the corners. Series and numbering in black and green. Camel and date in red below. Texts in Arabic, English and Tigrinya. Combination of signatures: President, Isaias Afewerki and Governor, Tekie Beyene. Description of the back: Eritrean railway Russian built truck placed on rail wheels hauling box cars (crossing the Obel river bridge at Dogali near Massawa). Bank logo. Texts in English. Red camel on the watermark. Value in the corners. Replacement notes with Prefix AZ.