Flags proposed by Eimer in 1926 (Germany)

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• Introduction
• National Flag - Volks- und Einheitsflagge
• State Flag - Dienstflagge
• Civil Ensign - Handelsflagge
• War Ensign - Kriegsflagge
• Admiralty Flag - Admiralitätsflagge
• Presidential Standard - Standarte des Reichspräsidenten

• Flags proposed by Neubecker and Wolf in 1926
• Flag Proposals 1919-1933 - Imperial Germany
• Flags proposed by an unknown author - with white intermediate stripes
• Flags in a 1926 caricature in Kladderadatsch
• Weimar Republic 1919-1933
• Index of all German Pages

Introduction

Another whole set of flags had been designed by Prof. Dr. M. Eimer in 1926. The main feature of all the flags was the black eagle, with red claws and beak.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

National Flag
Volks- und Einheitsflagge

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

This showed the black eagle on a golden background. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 189.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

State Flag
Dienstflagge

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

Like the national flag this showed the black eagle on a golden background, but added a red border around the whole flag. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 186.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

Civil Ensign
Handelsflagge

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

White with a golden shield bearing the black eagle in the center. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 190.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

War Ensign
Kriegsflagge

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

White with a black Iron Cross in the center, thereon a golden shield bearing the black eagle. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 187.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

Admiralty Flag
Admiralitätsflagge

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

The same as the war ensign, but added a red border around the whole flag. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 188.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

Presidential Standard
Standarte des Reichspräsidenten

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002

A square flag, golden with red border, with a black eagle in the center, surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 185.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 March 2002