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The black-white-red flag, also known as the flag of the German Empire, the Imperial Flag or the Empire Flag, is a combination of the flag of Prussia and the flags of the Holy Roman Empire and the Hans
The German People's party flying the Reichsflagge, campaigning for the Reichstag election of December 1924
The German People's party flying the Reichsflagge, campaigning for the Reichstag election of December 1924
A variation of armband design used by the National Committee for a Free Germany
A variation of armband design used by the National Committee for a Free Germany
Homemade Reichskriegsflagge at German reunification in Berlin in 1990
Homemade Reichskriegsflagge at German reunification in Berlin in 1990
Flags of the Imperial Navy, based on the naval flags of the North German Confederation
Flags of the Imperial Navy, based on the naval flags of the North German Confederation
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The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany or the Second Reich, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when Germ
Flag of the German Empire
…unification of Germany. A new constitution of 1871 gave the federal state the new name of German Empire and the Prussian king the title of Emperor. The German Empire retained black, white, and red as its national colors. It was only officially adopted as the national flag of the German Empire in 1892, during the…
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (pictured in 1873)
Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (pictured in 1873)
Emperor Wilhelm I (pictured c. 1870)
Emperor Wilhelm I (pictured c. 1870)
Die Proklamation des Deutschen Kaiserreiches by Anton von Werner (1877), depicting the proclamation of Emperor William I (18 January 1871, Palace of V
Die Proklamation des Deutschen Kaiserreiches by Anton von Werner (1877), depicting the proclamation of Emperor William I (18 January 1871, Palace of Versailles). From left, on the podium (in black): Crown Prince Frederick (later Frederick III), his father the emperor, and Frederick I of Baden, proposing a toast to the new emperor. At center (in white): Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian Chief of Staff.
Berlin Palace, the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern
Berlin Palace, the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern