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/[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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u/Sofie_2954 May 29 '25

The argument could be made that you shouldn’t use the Coat of arms of Denmark (Danmarks rigsvåben) because of what they did to the Inuits on Greenland, the Faroese people, the Norwegians and all the other people in their former colonies.

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u/Zephrias May 30 '25

Comparing Greenland to the Faroese Islands, Norway or Iceland is wild. Greenland is more comparable to the Danish West Indies and such. Also, not wanting to celebrate the symbols of an extremely militaristic state is more than understandable.

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u/Sofie_2954 May 30 '25 edited May 31 '25

Was Prussia more militaristic than other European great powers?

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u/ceaserneal May 30 '25

No, they were just more succesful.

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u/Thesaurius May 30 '25

As often said, Prussia wasn't a state with an army, but an army with a state.