Proposals for a German national flag 1919-1933 (page 4)

flags with a cross formy - proposed by reichkunstwart edwin redslob 1926

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• Introduction
• Quartered flag red-gold with a black cross formy
• Quartered flag with a black cross formy and a black-white-red canton
• Quartered flag white-red-gold with a black cross formy
• Quartered flag white-red and red-gold with a black cross formy
• Quartered flag black-white-red and black-red-gold with a black cross formy

• Flag Proposals 1919-1933 - Germany
• Weimar Republic 1919-1933 - Germany
• Index of all German Pages

Introduction

The black cross formy (Tatzenkreuz) was to recall the Iron Cross. These designs were proposed —at least in part— by the Reichkunstwart or imperial art supervisor in 1926.
M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

Quartered flag red-gold with a black cross formy

Image by M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

A black cross formy, fimbriated white, dividing the field into four quarters: the upper hoist and lower fly red, the lower hoist and upper fly gold. Sources: Ribbe 1972 [rbb72a], fig. 11; Dreyhaupt 2000 [drh00], fig. 199.
M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

Quartered flag with a black cross formy and a black-white-red canton

Image by M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

A black cross formy, fimbriated white, dividing the field into four quarters: the upper hoist striped horizontally black-white-red; the lower fly red, the lower hoist and upper fly gold. Source: Ribbe 1972 [rbb72a], fig. 12.
M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

Quartered flag white-red-gold with a black cross formy

Image by M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

A black cross formy dividing the field into four quarters: the upper hoist white, the lower hoist and upper fly corner red, the lower fly corner gold. Source: Ribbe 1972 [rbb72a], fig. 13.
M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

Quartered flag white-red and red-gold with a black cross formy

Image by M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

A black cross formy dividing the field into four quarters: the upper hoist and lower fly striped horizontally white-red, the lower hoist and upper fly striped horizontally red-gold. Source: Ribbe 1972 [rbb72a], fig. 14.
M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

Quartered flag black-white-red and black-red-gold with a black cross formy

Image by M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

A black cross formy dividing the field into four quarters, all of them striped horizontally: the upper hoist corner black-white-red, the lower hoist gold-red-black, the upper fly black-red-gold, the lower fly red-white-black. Source: Ribbe 1972 [rbb72a], fig. 15.
M. Schmöger, 27 February 2002

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