item details
NameImperial German Tricolour flag
ProductionUnknown; manufacturer(s); circa 1912; Germany
Classificationflags
Materialscotton, linen
DimensionsOverall: 2100mm (height), 2850mm (length)
Registration NumberG002423
Overview
Imperial German Tricolour flag, 3 horizontal stripes, Black over White over Red. This flag, a combination of the black-white of Prussia and the red-white of Brandenburg, was in 1892 declared to be the national flag of the Second Reich and continued in use till November 1918.