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This flag is identified as a Prussian NCO's lance pennant and is now located on the Prussian Cavalry Regimental Standards and Guidons page.
image by J. Patrick Fischer, 29 Apr 2003
I found this flag on a poster in the German consulate of Guangzhou/PR China. I only know, that it was about a competition about environment.
J. Patrick Fischer, 29 Apr 2003
![[Thüringen Corps flag]](../images/d/de_theur.gif)
This flag is identified as Das Corps Thuringia Studentenverbindung and located on the German Students' Associations page.
flag detail
"The Pillars Of Society" by George Grosz
I have found a flag which I have been unable to indentify. It appears in the 1926 painting "The Pillars Of Society" by George Grosz (a German Expressionist artist). It looks very similar to the North German Confederation / German Empire flag 1867-1918 except in the middle of the white stripe, it has a black stripe which extends from the left side to about the middle of the flag.
Kieran Ball, 19 Jun 2003
This could be the Naval Reserve Ensign (flown by merchant vessels commanded by Naval Reserve officers). It was a horizontal black-white-red tricolour with an Iron Cross at the hoist.
Miles Li, 19 Jun 2003
![[Cannabis / Hemp flag]](../images/d/de}hanf.jpg)
image sent by Marcus Schmöger, 2 Sep 2003
In yesterday's newspaper (Süddeutsche Zeitung 1 Sep 2003, p. 39) there was a photo of a demonstration here in Munich (mainly organised by the Green party and its youth organization), pleading for the legalization of Cannabis-Hemp. The photo showed an interesting flag: on a field of interwoven green hemp leaves on white, a red disk with a bigger green hemp leave. Anybody knows this flag (inscription is "hemp", so I guess it might have appeared in some English-speaking countries).
Marcus Schmöger, 2 Sep 2003
This flag looks like an earlier version of the commercially sold Hemp Flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 4 June 2011
During my search for German colonial flags I found a picture with a flag like that one of the "Deutsch Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft" (German East-African Society). But this flag shows an emblem in the centre. Any idea to he origin of this flag?
Jörg Karaschewski, 13 Jan 2004
At first it would be useful to know, whether a photo or a painting would be the primary source. If it's a painting, it might show a fantasy flag created by the artist, who is granted his special freedom.
Though having problems with the resolution, I think that I have recognized the following elements: black centred cross, red canton with 5 white stars, in the centre within a black edged roundel the base of the badge of Togo (palm tree with two snakes). According to Hormann/Plaschke and Schurdel the German colonial flags were just a bit more than proposals made by Dr. Wilhelm Solf (1862-1936), together with Johann Albrecht Duke of Mecklenburg (1857-1920). As Germany lost WWI it also lost its protectorates and the colonial flags had nearly no chance of ever being hoisted. The colonial flags, however, were black over white over red tricolours with the base of badges in the middle of the white stripe. An (official) flag like that being depicted here seemed to have never existed.
According to both sources from above the depicted flag without the roundel was the flag of the German East Africa Company, according to Hormann/PLASCHKE also called "Petersflagge." These authors also claim, that there existed a German colonial movement after WWI targeting the regain of German protectorates. So that flag may be a propaganda flag of a section of this movement. If there were 4-point stars within the canton, the flag could be dated between 1933 and 1945. The NSDAP ordered 4-point stars for some reasons I don't know. However, the Reich Colonial League flag had a diamond shaped emblem enclosing a swastika.
Sources: Jörg-M. Hormann; Dominik Plaschke: "Deutsche Flaggen Geschichte, Tradition, Verwendung", Bielefeld/Hamburg 2006; ISBN 3-89255-555-5; Harry D. Schurdel: "Flaggen & Wappen Deutschland", Augsburg 1995; ISBN 3-89441-136-8; p.225ff; Hormann /Plaschke also depict a coloured version of badge of Togo (white background, green elements). The description of the chiefs on p.87 however doesn't match the images on p.85. So this information might be doubtful.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 June 2007
I agree with Klaus-Michael Schneider that it looks a lot like the (uncrowned) shield of Togo. If it is, however, I can't quite place all the details. The flags surrounding it are apparently black white red, should date the scene somewhat. But more important might be the setting. We're not looking at your average sitting room, not even your average conference hall. Is anyone familiar with it?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 4 June 2011
![[Another unknown yacht club pennant]](../images/d/de@ufey2.gif)
Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Feb 2009
I spotted this car-sticker on 3 April 2006 in Hamburg-Farmsen. It is a blue pennant with a thin yellow bordure and two white chevrons pointing to the fly. It most likely belongs to a yacht club.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 Feb 2009
![[German-American Bund in New Jersey]](../images/d/de_gab.gif)
image by Vinson Nash, 17 Dec 2008
I was recently watching the film "Third Reich in Color" and during several scenes showing activities of the German-American Bund in New Jersey during the late 1930s several members were shown carrying a flag that I had not seen before and cannot identify. The flag was a dark blue with a white circle surrounding what appeared to be a black gear shaped object with what looked to be a red letter "D" in a german-looking font. The flag had yellow/gold fringe. It doesn't look to be what was apparently the official flag for them. I thought perhaps you might have seen it before.
Vinson Nash, 17 Dec 2008
The German-American flag would appear to be from the US, rather than Germany. I'd say it's rather labour union like, isn't it
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 4 June 2011
![[Flag of Hannover?]](../images/d/de_ufehs.jpg)
obverse ![[Flag of Hannover? - reverse]](../images/d/de_ufehr.jpg)
reverse
Images sent by Matthew Brown, 29 Oct 2009
I recently discovered this flag at a small auction house in Australia and I am trying to establish where it came from. I think it is WW1 era, and the horse represents the house of Hannover? With the crown of the king? Allegedly the flag was captured by Australian forces? I've attached some photo's and would love any information you might have?
Matthew Brown, 29 Oct 2009
This surely cannot possibly be anything to do with the kingdom of Hannover, which was abolished and absorbed into the kingdom of Prussia in, I believe, 1867 or thereabouts.
Peter Johnson, 31 Oct 2009
The horse might be from Braunschweig (Brunswick) as well. The figure in the upper hoist corner obviously is a "th"-rune. And looking at the reverse, the fleur de lis often is used by scout associations. But don't ask me which one.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 June 2011
The Hanoverian flag, if it is that, has a rather old style of the horse, where it has a ground. I think this was used when Hanover was not yet a kingdom. The crown, however is not an elector's cap. Would that make the bearer's Hannoverians from the Electorate, but in England where their lord was king? The rune is also sometimes used to represent H, though others use it to represent W. I don't know whether that's a regional or temporal difference, or neither. Anyway, it raises the question of when people used runes on flags. It's position has a quality of unit emblem or number over it, hasn't it?
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 4 June 2011