Do you know the flag of former East Germany?

[Zebra]

Do you know the flag of former East Germany?

 

[Zebra]

Flag of the President of East Germany (1953–1955)​

 

[Zebra]

Flag and anthem of East Germany​

 

[Zebra]

What Wiki says:

Like the flags of the Weimar Republic, West Germany, and present-day Germany, the flag of East Germany, the German Democratic Republic, showed the colours black, red and gold. The coat of arms, which, from 1959, was a hammer, compass and wreath of wheat, was located in the middle of the colour red.

It was the official national flag of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during its existence from 1959 to 1990. The flag's design and symbolism are derived from the flag of the Weimar Republic and communist symbolism. The flag was outlawed as an unconstitutional and criminal symbol in West Germany and West Berlin, where it was referred to as the Spalterflagge ('secessionist flag') until the late 1960s.

Flag of East Germany - Wikipedia

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[Zebra]

I voted: Yes

 

[1srelluc]

I still have a E. German Makarov.

 

[Zebra]

I still have a E. German Makarov.

And you know the flag?

 

[1srelluc]

And you know the flag?

Of course, I can even find where it was on a map and know (roughly) it's boundaries.

 

[Bleipriester]

 

[ReinyDays]

Knew it right off the top of my head ...

Extra credit ... what character set did the East Germans use? ...

 

[Zebra]

Extra credit ... what character set did the East Germans use? ...

I really don't know.

 

[Zebra]

And again this question:


Some East Germans argue like this:

"Now that East and West have been re-united, we now need a new flag and a new anthem for our new country. Not just the old flag of the West."
What would you say to that argument?

I have an answer to that.

 

[ReinyDays]

I really don't know.

Regular ... same as the West ... it was a trick question ... apparently Fraktur is a typeset, rather than a separate character set ... it's Latin letters just fancified ...