Talk:National colours of Germany
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[edit] Gunpowder, blood and glory ?!?
I heard a story that the German colours “black, red and gold” stand for “gunpowder, blood and glory”. This sounds a bit ridiculous, but it was explained to me that the German flag was based on the uniforms of the Lützow_Free_Corps . Their uniforms where allegedly black, with red collars and had golden oak-leave decorations. Therefore the martial meaning of the uniforms was transferred onto the flag. Can anyone shed some light on this matter? Is this complete non-sense, has a seed of truth in it or is it actually accurate? Just wondering!
HagenUK (talk) 09:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
- This question was also asked over at Talk:Flag of Germany, where I've responded. - 52 Pickup (deal) 09:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
