This list of German flags details flags and standards that have been or are currently used by Germany between 1848 and the present. A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom). State flag and ensign (Bundesdienstflagge) and military flag (Kriegsflagge).

The German war flag, which was slightly changed twice during the Wilhelmine Period (see gallery below), was in common use in World War I. It continued to have Prussia's national colours of black and white, the eagle of Prussia, the Nordic cross , with the German imperial black-white-red tricolour in the upper canton with an Iron Cross.

After the defeat of the Second Reich in World War I, that flag was replaced by the black-red-yellow under the Weimar Republic. Many Germans, however, rallied around other flags they felt better represented the true German spirit.

The black-white-red tricolour remained the flag of Germany until the end of the German Empire in 1918, in the final days of World War I. A visually near-identical flag was used as the national flag of the Republic of Upper Volta , adopted upon the country's independence in 1958 and used until 1984, when the nation was overthrown and re ...

2024年6月26日 · During World War 1, the German Empire, led by Kaiser Wilhelm II, retained black, white, and red as its national colors. These colors were deeply rooted in German history and held significant meaning. An ordinance of 1892 outlined the official use of the black-white-red tricolor, solidifying its place as the flag of Germany.

This was the German War Flag used from 1903 to the end of World War I in 1918. The Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the design changed in 1902 because he felt it looked too similar to the British White Ensign under certain lighting conditions. Germany declared war on France in July of 1914 and Russia in August of 1917, coming to the aid of Austria ...

2012年9月8日 · 1. It was the dedicated flag for warships, such as the British white ensign, that is, as far as I know, also not used by army units. 2. Theoretically speaking there was no "German" army until the end of World War I, but only the armies of the constituent states of the Reich (Prussian army, Bavarian army, Württemberg army, etc.).