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A caricature of 1926 by O. Garvens in Kladderadatsch, reprinted in Kuhn 1991 [kuh91], shows several flags signifying the ideas of different political parties for a 'compromise flag'. Although never real proposals, they show the unbridgeable differences of the parties, and caricature the many compromise flag or unity flag proposals of the time. Each flag is carried by a flag-bearer in clothes typical for his class and political orientation.
Marcus Schmöger, 5 March 2002
![[Flag proposal for the upper-middle class, 1926 caricature (Germany)]](../images/d/de!26k1.gif)
by Marcus Schmöger, 5 March 2002
A flag divided vertically, the hoist half black-white-red, the fly half black-red-gold; in the center a vertical stripe of red with a black swastika. The flag-bearer is typical upper middle-class (with a top-hat). Caption: "Dreieinig, minnig, treu, das Hakenkreuz ist auch dabei" ("Triune, lovely, faithful, the swastika takes also part"). Source: Kuhn 1991 [kuh91].
Marcus Schmöger, 5 March 2002
![[Flag proposal for the petty bourgeois, 1926 caricature (Germany)]](../images/d/de!26k2.gif)
by Marcus Schmöger, 5 March 2002
A black-red-gold tricolour with a lower fly canton of black-white-red. The flag-bearer is petty bourgeois (with a bowler hat). Caption: "Die Handelsflagge gebet acht, hat eine Wandlung durchgemacht" ("The merchant flag, take care, has undergone a transformation"). Source: Kuhn 1991 [kuh91].
Marcus Schmöger, 5 March 2002
![[Flag proposal for the social democrats, 1926 caricature (Germany)]](../images/d/de!26k3.gif)
by Marcus Schmöger, 5 March 2002
A flag divided vertically, the hoist half black-white-red, the fly half black-red-gold; the canton red. The flag-bearer is a social democrat. Caption: "Mit roter Socigösch geziert ist hier die Einigung vollführt" ("Decorated with a red Soci jack, the unity is exe