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The German merchant flag changed significantly throughout history, evolving from the black, white, and red tricolor of the German Empire (1867–1918), to the black, red, and gold tricolor of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Federal Republic (1949–present). The Nazi-era Reich (1933–1945) briefly used the black, white, and red again with an Iron Cross and then a swastika in a white disc. During the Allied occupation (1946–1950), a C-Pennant was used
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