Emperor's Standard 1871-1918 (Germany)

Kaisersstandarte

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In Meyers Konversationslexikon 1897	In Enciclopedia Hispano-Americana (from Flaggenbuch 1905)
by Zeljko Heimer	by Jaume Ollé

Editor's note: a more correct image of the 1892-1918 model of the Imperial standard (scanned from Ströhl 1897) can be seen here at the Das Kaiserreich website.

• Emperor's Standard (Kaisersstandarte)
• Emperor's Broad Pennant (Breitwimpel des Kaisers)
• Armorial banner indicating H.M. is not receiving visitors (insignia of the Imperial Arch-Chamberlainship, from the Brandenburg arms)
• Armorial banner indicating H.M. is not on board (banner-of-arms of the Burggraves of Nuremberg)
• German Emperor not Emperor of Germany discussion

See also:

• Standards of the Emperor and Other Sovereigns 1871-1918
• German Empire 1871-1919
• Germany

Other sites:

• Kaiserstandarte (scanned from Ströhl 1897) at the Das Kaiserreich website

Kaisersstandarte

The Imperial Standard (Kaiser-Standarte) was a square golden flag with a big iron cross touching the edges of the flag, with inscriptions at each end "GOTT-MIT-UNS-1870" ["God with us"]. In each golden quarter there are three black eagles and one golden crown. In the middle a golden shield with a black eagle, over it a golden crown, all surrounded with the chain of the Order of Black Eagle.

Zeljko Heimer, 27 October 1996

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