File:Flagge Reichskolonialbund2.svg

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Summary

The factual accuracy of this flag is disputed.
Fictional flag, the existence of a COA (which in itself is questionable) doesn't make this flag historical or authentic.

DescriptionFlagge Reichskolonialbund2.svg	Deutsch: Flagge des Reichskolonialbunds 1933-1945 English: Flag of the organisation Reichskolonialbund 1933-1945 of Nazi Germany
Date	2008
Source
Author	Unknown authorUnknown author

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 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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Legal disclaimer
This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in

Russia 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).

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:16, 28 July 2021	1,346 × 797 (9 KB)	Fornax	Reverted to version as of 03:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC) : Nonsense
	10:35, 28 July 2021	512 × 303 (2 KB)	Germenfer	The file is upside down. The flag was flown with the red canton in the lower mast section. It can be seen in this propaganda postcard from 1940: http://www.germanpostalhistory.com/php/viewitem.php?itemid=91130&germany%20cover=search&#littlepic0
	03:56, 15 February 2011	1,346 × 797 (9 KB)	Fry1989	fix
	18:34, 3 November 2008	1,348 × 799 (11 KB)	Fornax	Removing transparency
	18:33, 3 November 2008	1,348 × 799 (11 KB)	Fornax	{{Information \|Description={{de\|1=Flagge des Reichskolonialbunds 1933-1945}} \|Source=Own work by uploader {{Inkscape}} \|Author=Fornax \|Date=2008 \|Permission=see below \|other_versions= }} <!--{{ImageUpload\|full}}-->