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Flags. The Prussian national and merchant flag was originally a simple black-white-black flag issued on May 22, 1818, but this was replaced on March 12, 1823, with a new flag. The revised one (3:5) was parted black, white, and black (1:4:1), showing in the white stripe the eagle with a blue orb bound in gold and a scepter ending in another eagle.
The Kingdom of Prussia [a] ( German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]
Prussia, in European history, any of three historical areas of eastern and central Europe. It is most often associated with the kingdom ruled by the German Hohenzollern dynasty, which claimed much of northern Germany and western Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries and united Germany under its leadership in 1871.
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Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia (1871–1918), in the era of Wilhelm II. The Hohenzollern family uses the motto Nihil Sine Deo (English: Nothing Without God ). The family coat of arms, first adopted in 1192, began as a simple shield quarterly sable and argent.
Dec 9, 2013 · The Kingdom of Prussia Civil Flag was a simple black-white horizontal bicolor. Norman Martin , 20 January 1998 An article by Dr. Whitney Smith, Gwenn ha Du (black and white) in Ar Banniel , 1999, mentions "4.
The flag of the Kingdom of Prussia consisted of a white square in the center surrounded by black and white stripes. The upper half of the square was black, the lower half was white. In the center of the square was the Prussian coat of arms. The flag was introduced in 1892 and was in use until 1918. It was a symbol of the Prussian state and was ...
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Oct 11, 2012 · Royal Standard 1844-1871 Königsstandarte 1844-1871. 1:1 Image by Jaume Ollé Flag adopted 1844, abolished 1871. On a dark red field a black Iron Cross with a coat-of-arms: on a silver field a gold crowned (with the Prussian royal crown) heraldic Prussian eagle (without escutcheon) surrounded by the chain of the order of the Black Eagle; the arms of the Iron Cross reach the edge of the flag.
