Flag Legislation 1919-1933 (Germany)

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• Weimar Constitution of 11th August 1919
• Regulation on the provisional Imperial Navy of 16th April 1919
• Decree on the Presidential and War Minister Flags and the War Ensign and Jack of 27th September 1919
• Regulations of 15th October 1919 for the Implementation of the 27th September Decree
• Regulation on German Flags of 11th April 1921
• Regulation on the Amendment of the Pilot Signal Regulation of 10th March 1922
• Second Regulation on German Flags of 5th May 1926

See also:

• Weimar Republic 1919-1933 (Germany)
• Germany

Weimar Constitution of 11th August 1919

(An unofficial English translation follows the official German text.)

Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs, vom 11. August 1919 (Reichs-Gesetzblatt 1919, S. 1383)

Artikel 3
Die Reichsfarben sind schwarz-rot-gold. Die Handelsflagge ist schwarz-weiß-rot mit den Reichsfarben in der oberen inneren Ecke.

Constitution of the German Empire, of 11 August 1919 (Imperial Law Gazette 1919, p. 1383)

Article 3
The imperial colours are black-red-gold. The merchant flag is black-white-red with the imperial colours in the upper inner corner.

Reprinted in:

• Valentin and Neubecker 1928 [vne28]
• Hecker and Hoog 1978 [hec78]

Contribution and translation by Marcus Schmöger, 22 February 2002

Regulation on the provisional Imperial Navy of 16th April 1919

(An unofficial English translation follows the official German text.)

Ausführungsv