Presidential Flags 1949-1960 (East Germany)

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• Introduction
• Presidential Flag 1949-1950 - questionable
• Presidential Flag 1950-1951 - questionable
• Presidential Flag 1951-1953 - questionable
• Presidential Flag 1953-1955
• Presidential Flag 1955-1960

• Standard of the Chairman of the State Council 1960-1990 - Standarte des Vorsitzenden des Staatsrates der DDR
• Presidential Standard 1949-present - Federal Republic of Germany
• East Germany 1949-1990

Introduction

It should be noted, that in the years 1949 to 1953, the existence of a presidential flag is not assignable. There are no pictures and no legal juristical text.
Jens Pattke, 28 January 2011

Presidential Flag 1949-1950
(questionable)

3:5 Speculative image by Jaume Ollé

Presidential Flag 1950-1951
(questionable)

3:5 Speculative image by Jaume Ollé

Presidential Flag 1951-1953
(questionable)

3:5 Speculative image by Jaume Ollé

This flag contains the coat of arms of the DDR between 12 January 1950 and 21 August 1952.
Jaume Ollé

Presidential Flag 1953-1955

3:5 Image by Jaume Ollé

This flag is very similar to the national state flag (adopted 1956), but contains the coat of arms of 1953 to 1955, which is a little different from the later one (the compass was reversed in 1955). The coat of arms was first published in the Siegelordnung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (Order on Seals of the DDR) on 28 May 1953.
Jaume Ollé

Presidential Flag 1955-1960

1:1 Image by Jaume Ollé

A square red flag with the arms in the center, with a narrow black-red gold border (from outside). In use 1955-1960. Illustrated in Kannik 1957, p. 37.
Norman Martin, March 1998