Image: Flag Germany Emperors Banner

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Description: reconstruction of the flag used by the Holy Roman Emperors in the later medieval period (c. 12th to 14th centuries). The existence of such a flag is uncertain. According to Meyers Konversations-Lexikon of 1897 (s. v. "Banner"), the German Imperial Banner since the time of Sigismund (1430s), and "perhaps earlier" showed the Imperial Eagle, viz. a double-headed black eagle in a yellow field, bearing the arms of the emperor's house on its breast. Use of a single-headed eagle by the Hohenstaufen emperors of the 12th century (Henry VI) is attested in coats of arms, and the imperial banner used by some of the emperors of the late 12th and early 13th century may have shown an eagle, in the case of Otto IV an "eagle hovering over a dragon".
Title: Flag Germany Emperors Banner
Credit: Image:Flag Germany Emperors Banner.png
Author: Jaume Ollé; svg version by Masur
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