r/vexillology May 29 '25

Identify Help identify this flag in Germany

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Found this flag cut out sticker in the small German town of Irrel. Can someone identify this flag?

Irrel: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NgVkz7ow3FFwUmX3A?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy

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u/Cixila May 29 '25

That's not even a nazi theft problem, that's a Prussia problem. They did plenty of shit themselves

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u/[deleted] May 29 '25

It's a bit of both in Germany's case. because the open display of most Nazi symbols like the Swastika, SS bolts etc. is banned in Germany, German Neo-Nazis (including those associated with the AFD) has co-opted the old symbols used during the Kaisserreich, like the Prussian eagle and Empire's Black-white-red flag etc. and use them as a sort of loop-hole to get around the Anti-Nazi laws.

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u/Cixila May 29 '25

I'm quite aware, I was just saying that even if that wasn't the case, Prussia belongs in the dustbin of history by its own (de)merits, and its symbols should not be celebrated

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