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File:Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg

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Deutsch: National- und Handelsflagge des Deutschen Reiches von 1935 bis 1945, zugleich Gösch der Kriegsschiffe.
Das Hakenkreuz ist im Vergleich zur Parteiflagge der NSDAP um 1/20 zum Mast hin versetzt.
English: National flag and merchant ensign of the German Reich during 1935 to 1945.
Flag Regulation of 18 June 1937.
Date 2008
Source Own work
Author Fornax

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This file depicts the flag of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German copyright law, official works like coats of arms or flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain). Since the Federal Republic of Germany is the legal successor of the Weimar Republic as well as of the "Third Reich", this law is also applicable to flags promulgated before 1945.

Note: The usage of coats of arms and flags ( especially those of the "Third Reich") is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.

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This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) are also illegal in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil, Israel, Ukraine, Russia and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).

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