File:War Ensign of Germany (1903–1919).svg

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Summary

DescriptionWar Ensign of Germany (1903–1919).svg War Ensign of the en:German Empire from 1903-1919 (correction of date shown on image which shows 1918). Based on image of coat of arms at [1]. Currently unable to add further details for crown or further details to sceptor due to lack of high-quality images of the coat of arms.

Date 21 Julaye 2007 (original upload date)

Source

The current version is based on this source Flags of the World - War Ensign 1871-1919 (Germany).

Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.

Author The original uploader was R-41 at English Wikipedia.

Other versions

Derivative works of this file: War Ensign of Weimar Republic 1919-1921.svg

Iron Cross with large white border

Colors

Used colors:
black	rendered as `RGB 000 000 000`
white	rendered as `RGB 255 255 255`
red	rendered as `RGB 208 000 000`

SVG genesis

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Licensing

This file depicts the flag of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain).
Note: The usage of flags is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.

Wappen Deutschlands

Original upload log

(All user names refer to en.wikipedia)

2007-07-26 20:14 R-41 1000×600×0 (158640 bytes) Corrected Coat of Arms
2007-07-21 01:02 R-41 1000×600×0 (158606 bytes) War Ensign of the [[German Empire]] from 1903-1918. Based on image of coat of arms at [http://www.rbvex.it/germania.html]

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:52, 15 Okotobala 2019	1,000 × 600 (323 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed minor imperfections for the canton. New code optimization and successfully checked before upload by "Jarry1250's tools" (Wikimedia Laboratory). No other changes.
	13:42, 14 Okotobala 2019	1,000 × 600 (323 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Corrected position imperfections on y and x axis for German Empire Flag in the canton and for "great black cross" on white flag. No other changes.
	18:58, 13 Okotobala 2019	1,000 × 600 (298 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Centered "Iron Cross" in the canton. No other changes.
	18:31, 13 Okotobala 2019	1,000 × 600 (298 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Corrected geometry imperfections for "Iron Cross". Slight reduction of white border width for "Iron Cross". Increased flag nominal dimensions. Optimized svg code with code reduction. Changes based on this source: [https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de1871~w.html#1903] ("Flags of the World"). No other changes.
	01:33, 13 Julaye 2019	600 × 360 (306 KB)	Thespoondragon	x2
	01:20, 13 Julaye 2019	600 × 360 (305 KB)	Thespoondragon	changing iron cross based on photos
	05:46, 18 Seputembala 2011	600 × 360 (334 KB)	R-41~commonswiki	Used coat of arms by David Liuzzo and changed the Iron Cross to appear more like that shown in pictures of the real flag.
	19:43, 31 Meyi 2009	1,000 × 600 (147 KB)	Yarnalgo	plain svg (not sure if it was before but it at least made it smaller)
	21:28, 8 Ogasiti 2007	1,000 × 600 (155 KB)	Madmax32	{{Information \|Description=War Ensign of the en:German Empire from 1903-1919 (correction of date shown on image which shows 1918). Based on image of coat of arms at [http://www.rbvex.it/germania.html]. Currently unable to add further details for crow