Flags proposed by Neubecker and Wolf in 1926 (Germany)

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• Introduction
• National Flag and Civil Ensign - National- und Handelsflagge
• Naval Reserve Officers' Civil Ensign with Iron Cross - Handelsflagge mit dem Eisernen Kreuz
• War Ensign - Kriegsflagge
• State Flag - Dienstflagge
• Postal Flag - Postflagge
• Pilot Flag - Lotsenflagge

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

Introduction

One of the better-known proposals for a unity flag was the black-gold-red horizontal triband proposed by O. Neubecker and E. Wolf in 1926. This design was especially impressive, as it combined the colours of black-red-gold with the pattern of black-white-red, and avoided the proximity of black and red, which is against the heraldic rule of tincture. They developed a whole set of flags from the basic design.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

National Flag and Civil Ensign
National- und Handelsflagge

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

The plain black-gold-red horizontal triband. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 179.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

Naval Reserve Officers' Civil Ensign
Civil Ensign with Iron Cross
Handelsflagge mit dem Eisernen Kreuz

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

A black-gold-red horizontal triband with the Iron Cross in the canton. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 180.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

War Ensign
Kriegsflagge

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The Iron Cross in the center of the black-gold-red tricolour. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 181.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

State Flag
Dienstflagge

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A black-gold-red tricolour, on its center a golden circle, thereon a black eagle. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 182.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

Postal Flag
Postflagge

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The same as the state flag, but had a black post horn in the center instead of the eagle. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 183.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

Pilot Flag
Lotsenflagge

Image by Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002

This followed the usual pattern, i.e. the national flag and civil ensign with a white border. Source: Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 184.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 March 2002