First used in 1816 by a united German university students organization,
German Confederation 1848-1852 (unofficially until 1866), Weimar Republic 1919-1933, German Federal Republic 1949-Present day

North German Confederation 1867, 2nd Reich Merchant Flag 1871, 2nd Reich National Flag 1892-1919, 3rd Reich National Flag (co-jointly) 1933-1935

Imperial War Ensign 1903-1919

Weimar Republic War Ensign 1919-1921

Weimar Republic War Ensign 1921-1933

National Flag 1933- (co-jointly until 1935) 1945

German War Ensign 1933-1935

German War Ensign 1935-1945

Used by some ethnic German SS Units

Werewolves: German Guerilla Unit 1945

Coat-of-Arms
Bundeswappen

If used alone as coat-of-arms, this is the legally prescribed form. However the eagle is used in different forms (e.g. on flags, seals or in the Bundestag). The legal prescriptions are the Bekanntmachung betreffend das Bundeswappen und den Bundesadler (Proclamation on the Federal Coat-of-Arms and the Federal Eagle) of 20th January 1950, published in the Bundesgesetzblatt I 1950, p. 26 and the Bekanntmachung über die farbige Darstellung des Bundeswappens (Proclamation on the Coloured Representation of the Federal Coat-of-Arms) of 4th July 1952, published in the Bundesanzeiger no. 169, 2nd September 1952. The latter contains a coloured table on which the coat-of-arms is depicted. Source: Laitenberger and Bassier 2000.

Hitler Youth

Luftwaffe