File:Krafwagen Hoheitszeichen Generale.svg

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DescriptionKrafwagen Hoheitszeichen Generale.svg	Deutsch: Hoheitszeichen am Kraftwagen für Generale, Deutsches Reich 1941-1945 English: Hoheitszeichen am Kraftwagen für Generale, Deutsches Reich 1941-1945, vehicle pennant for generals of the army of Nazi Germany (Wehrmacht Heer) during World War Two www.medalbook.com: The flags of the Wehrmacht were initially the old tradition flags of the Imperial Army, which had also been the flags of the Reichswehr. New Wehrmacht flags were introduced on March 16, 1936. All individual colours of units were replaced by the Reich War Flag [Reichskriegsflagge] on August 28, 1944. Flags and pennants were not only used for individual units, but also to identify high-ranking officers or command posts. Staff flags for commanding officers of units usually showed numbers and (Latin) letters, at least in times of peace, to help identify units more accurately. There are also National Insignia Pennants (Hoheitszeichen) for officers that were used exclusively on motor vehicles. The General’s Pennant (Hoheitszeichen für Generäle) was introduced on April 23, 1941. Before that time, Generals would have used the Officer’s Pennant. It is a triangular field-grey pennant with a yellow national and a gold-coloured braid with swastikas along the sides.
Date	2008
Source	Own work by uploader This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape . Data from: Der Flaggenkurier, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde, Achim und Berlin, Nr. 16/2002 bis 30/2009, ISSN 0949-6173
Author	Fornax
Other versions	Hoheitszeichen am Kraftwagen für Generale, Deutsches Reich 1941-1945 – vehicle pennant for generals of the army of Nazi Germany (Wehrmacht Heer), 35 x 23 cm Kfz-Wimpel, Kraftwagen-Stander für Generäle – WWII German army general's car pennant (Kw, Kraftwagen – automobile; Kfz, Kraftfahrzeug – motor vehicle) Kfz-Wimpel für Generäle – WWII German army general's car pennant

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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 coats of arms or flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain). Since the Federal Republic of Germany is the legal successor of the Weimar Republic as well as of the Third Reich, this law is also applicable to flags promulgated before 1945.
Note: The usage of coats of arms and flags (especially those of the Third Reich) is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.

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The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).

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