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Reichskriegsflagge
War flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the German Imperial War Flag. For the right-wing paramilitary organisation led by Ernst Röhm, see Bund Reichskriegsflagge.
The term Reichskriegsflagge (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌkʁiːksflaɡə], lit. 'Imperial War Flag') refers to several war flags and war ensigns used by the German armed forces in history. A total of eight different designs were used in 1848–1849 and between 1867–1871 and 1945.
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Today the term refers usually to the flag from 1867–1871 to 1918, the war flag of Imperial Germany.