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3:5 National flag of Germany (1933–35), jointly with the swastika flag. 3:5 National flag of Germany and marine jack of Germany (1935–45). After the Nazi Party seized power on 30 January 1933, the black-red-gold flag was swiftly scrapped; a ruling on 12 March established two legal national flags: the reintroduced black-white-red imperial tricolour and the flag of the Nazi Party.
Flag desecration may be undertaken for a variety of reasons. It may be a protest against a country's foreign policy, including one's own, or the nature of the government in power there. It may be a protest against nationalism or a deliberate and symbolic insult to the people of the country represented by the flag. It may also be a protest at ...
It is divided into battalion, Abteilung, [a] and regimental standards and flags [7] (although during the war the Soviets captured standards of larger German units, such as the XLVII Panzer Corps [8]). Peredelsky's list includes older Imperial German standards (mostly cavalry) and Nazi police flags.
Merchant flag of German Reich variant with the Iron Cross: 1933–1935: Merchant flag of German Reich (Handelsflagge) A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disc and swastika are exactly in the centre. [citation needed] 1933–1935: Merchant flag of German Reich variant with the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz ...
Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich; Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring; Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service; Law on imposition and enforcement of the death penalty; Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat; Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich; Law on the Trustees of Labour
Insulting a foreign dignitary, their representatives or family members, or desecrating their flag or anthem can be punished by up to two years of imprisonment according to the Penal Code §247 and §249. [10]
Former President Trump said there should be a one-year jail sentence for anyone who desecrates the American flag in the wake of anti-Israel protests over the war in Gaza outside Union Station in ...
A flag protocol (or flag code) is a set of rules and regulations for the display of flags within a country, including national, subnational, and foreign flags. Generally, flag protocols call for the national flag to be the most prominent flag (i.e, in the position of honor), flown highest and to its own right (the viewer's left) and for the flag to never touch the ground.