r/vexillology • u/kbhina • 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/3vr1m May 29 '25

What do you think this flag means if they put it over a 'hate fascism" sticker?

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u/xixbia May 29 '25

It's also clearly a mockery of the LGBTQ flag.

It's pretty obvious what it's about.

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u/OracleofTampico May 29 '25

I am as leftist as they come, I have been to Germany several times but not since 2013. I, with 100% honesty want you to know, i had no idea...

I imagined it could have been a pc gaming thing or a Soccer team insignia. But neither felt right.

The fact that it was over a anti-fascist sticker that i do recognize kept me intrigued but also didnt think much of it because lots of streets in Germany are covered with them.

SO i really did not know until they answered.

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u/Theresafoxinmygarden May 31 '25

P-people who just play the kaisserreich mod for HOI4 for a fun historical what if right?

Right?

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u/ProcrastibationKing May 31 '25

P-people who just play the kaisserreich mod for HOI4 for a fun historical what if right?

There are dozens of us!

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u/TimePressure Jun 02 '25

I know that you are joking, but just to spread awareness: the "Reichskriegsflagge" is frequently used by Nazis.

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u/Theresafoxinmygarden Jun 02 '25

Oh yes well aware. Such a shame, I think it's honestly a kinda cool looking flag too, shame people have to ruin it with stupid ideological beliefs

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u/TimePressure Jun 02 '25

Well yeah, it looks cool, but once you think about it, it never stood for anything but an imperialistic and nationalistic ideology.
It's the war flag of imperialist WWI Germany, after all. Flying that flag would have been not okay before Nazis started doing it.