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Realm Banner Black-Red-Gold, League of Active Democrats (Germany)

Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Bund aktiver Demokraten

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[Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold 2013] Image by Tomislav Todorovic, 22 March 2015

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Realm Banner Black-Red-Gold, League of Active Democrats
Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Bund aktiver Demokraten

The Realm Banner Black-Red-Gold, League of Active Democrats (Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Bund aktiver Demokraten) was founded in 1953. The new organization consider themselves the successors of the pre-World War II "Imperial Banner Black-Red-Gold" (1924-1933). The Realm Banner Black-Red-Gold state that its goals are to commemorate its predecessor´s struggle of defending democracy in the Weimar Republic, as well as to provide new political education for young people about active participation in defending and enhancing the democracy in the present-day Germany.
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The flag of the association is based on the tricolor flags of original Realm Banner Black-Red-Gold. The central emblem is the black eagle on gold, within inner red and outer black borders, the latter with black "rays" emanating from it. On black field, words Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold are inscribed in gold. On gold field, words Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (Unity and Justice and Freedom), the beginning of the national anthem and the unofficial national motto, are inscribed in black. The current design of the flag, introduced in 2013, is presented at the association website (image).
The image of the flag was derived from its image on Wikipedia.
Tomislav Todorovic, 22 March 2015

A photo giving an incomplete view of the present flag variant, which was taken in Hamburg in March 2014, can be found here.
Tomislav Todorovic, 24 March 2015

Realm Banner Black-Red-Gold, League of Active Democrats
(used between 1953-c2013)

[Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold 1953] Image by Tomislav Todorovic, 24 March 2015

The previous variant of this flag differed in central emblem, which was placed on a gold square, conjoined with the gold field into a single shape, and had fewer details in red - eagle's tongue only, its legs being gold, just as the inner border, which was separated from central gold area by a black fimbriation. [This older variant is still in use in places, apparently until requiring replacement - example Photo #3.]
A series of photos show this flag:

  1. Photo #1 - taken in Leipzig in November 2013.
  2. Photo #2 - taken in Frankfurt in September 2011.
  3. Photo #3 - taken in Frankfurt in April 2014.
  4. Photo #4 - taken in Heidelberg on 2009-11-28.
The image of the flag was derived from the Wikimedia image of a historical flag of the organization.
Tomislav Todorovic, 24 March 2015

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