File:Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge Imperial German war flag ensign Printed imperial eagle (Prussian eagle FR Fridericus Rex Nordic cross Iron Cross) repair Marinemuseet Naval Museum Horten Norway 2021-03-03 IMG 1321.jpg

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English: The war flag/war ensign (Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge or Reichskriegsflagge) of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) 1903–1919. Print on white cloth.

The German war flag was in common use in World War I. It continued to have Prussia's national colours of black and white, the eagle of Prussia with 'FR' (Fridericus Rex), the Nordic cross, with the German imperial black-white red tricolour in the upper canton with an Iron Cross. In 1919, the flags of Imperial Germany were scrapped and replaced by those of the Weimar Republic: a black-red-gold tricolour. The flag remained in use as a naval war flag in the Weimar Republic until December 31, 1921, despite its usage officially being discontinued in 1919, due to the symbols of monarchy on the flag. German nationalists, such as the Freikorps, used the old flag in protest against the Weimar Republic during the 1920s and 1930s.

Photo taken at the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten, Norway.

Deutsch: Die Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge war bis 1892 die offizielle Kriegsflagge der Kaiserlichen Marine, danach unter der Bezeichnung Reichskriegsflagge die Flagge der Streitkräfte des Deutschen Reiches bis 1921.

Norsk bokmål: Keiserriket Tysklands orlogsflagg 1903–1919.

Det nordtyske forbund førte fra 1867 et eget orlogsflagg som hadde hvit flaggduk med et svart og hvitkantet svart skandinavisk kors og en kanton i nasjonalfargene svart, hvitt og rødt besatt med et svart og hvitkantet kors med utbøyde armer. I korsmidten av hovedkorset befant det seg en svartkantet hvit skive der den svarte prøyssiske ørnen med FR (Fridericus Rex) var plassert. Både hovedkorset og korset i kantonen er basert på Jernkorset, den militære utmerkelsen som ble etablert i Preussen i 1813 for å hedre innsats i den tyske frihetskrigen mot Frankrike. Korsmerket har siden i ulike epoker gått igjen i mange tyske flagg. Orlogsflagget er kjent som Reichskriegsflagge, en betegnelse som også beskriver orlogsflagg med andre utseender. Fargekombinasjonen svart, hvitt og rødt er en kombinasjon av Preussens svart-hvite flagg og hansastadenes tradisjonelle røde og hvite flagg eller Brandenburgs rødt og hvitt.

Foto fra Marinemuseet i Horten.
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