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German Democratic Republic

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by Mark Sensen

This flag was adopted on 1959-10-01, and continued in use as the flag of East Germany until the reunification of the Germanies on 1990-10-03. Before 1959 both Germanies used the unadorned black-red-yellow tricolour.

The coat of arms shows a hammer and compass in a ring of rye, symbolising the working class, intelligentsia, and farmers.
Carl-Heinz Dirks, 1997-12-12

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