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State Flag, Vertical Variants (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany)

Hängeflagge and Banner

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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[Vertical State Flag, Hängeflagge (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany)] 2:1 [Vertical State Flag, Banner (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany)] 10:3
both by Marcus Schmöger

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Description

When the state flag is used in a vertical form, the ox head and griffin stand upright, the ox head over the griffin. The proportion of the vertical version is not prescribed in the legal text. (...) According to the specification sheet I received from the Mecklenburg-West Pomerania government, vertical flags shall come in two different variants: the Hängeflagge (hanging flag) and the Banner (variant of hanging flag, actually). The Hängeflagge is hoisted on a horizontal flag pole from a building or directly from a window. A