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Reichsflagge. The black-white-red flag[1] (Schwarz-Weiß-Rot), [2] also known as the flag of the German Empire, the Imperial Flag or the Realm Flag (Reichsflagge), is a combination between the flag of Prussia and the flag of the Hanseatic League. Starting as the national flag of the North German Confederation, it would go on to be commonly used ...
State flag (Staatsflagge) 1959–1990 Merchant flag (Handelsflagge) 1973–1990. Tricolour of black, red, and yellow (same as West German colours), but bears the coat of arms of East Germany, consisting of a compass and a hammer encircled with rye. 1963–1990. Hanging state flag (Bannerflagge) 1955–1973.
It used a slightly different aspect ratio than the previous flag of the German Empire. 3:5 National flag and naval jack of Germany (1935–1945). An alternate centre-disc version used by the Nazi Party was the co-official party flag along with the tricolour national flag (1933–1935).
The term Reichskriegsflagge (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌkʁiːksflaɡə], lit. 'Imperial War Flag') refers to several war flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces in history. A total of eight different designs were used in 1848–1849 and between 1867–1871 and 1945. Today the term refers usually to the flag from 1867–1871 to 1918 ...
Orders. Order of St. Hubertus. Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception. Military Order of Max Joseph. Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown. Merit Order of St. Michael. Military Merit Order and its associated Military Merit Cross. Maximilian Order for Science and Art. Ludwig Order.
German Federal States. The origins of the coats of arms of German federal states covers the historical context for the current arms of the German länder. After the end of the Third Reich, Germany had lost significant parts of its territory and was divided into four occupation zones. Several former states were split between two or more of these ...
Alongside the swastika flag of the Nazi Party, the imperial colours were restored as a provisional national symbol, subject to a final decision by the German government. The concurrent Nazi flag also used a combination of black, white, and red colours, but not in the same way as the old flag of the German Empire. Instead, red was the dominant ...
Flag of Western Pomerania. Wirmer Flag. Categories: Flags by country. National symbols of Germany. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.