Flag of the German Democratic Republic

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  "ns": "germany-hist",
  "name": "East Germany (GDR)",
  "now": "germany",
  "years": "1949–1990",
  "id": "de-east-germany",
  "index": "c/germany:1949",
  "title": "Flag of the German Democratic Republic",
  "ratio": "3:5",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "black",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "cmyk": "0/0/0/100",
      "note": "From the German national colours (Schwarz-Rot-Gold)."
    },
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#dd0000",
      "cmyk": "0/100/100/13",
      "note": "Unity and social progress."
    },
    {
      "color": "gold",
      "hex": "#ffcc00",
      "cmyk": "0/20/100/0"
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- East Germany (1959–1990) used the black-red-gold tricolour with a state emblem of hammer, compass, and wreath of rye — distinguishing it from the West German flag\n - **Construction:** three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red (middle), and gold (bottom) — identical to the West German flag but defaced with the DDR emblem (hammer, compass, and wheat wreath) centred",
  "flag": "germany-hist/de-east-germany.svg",
  "of": {
    "country": "germany"
  },
  "countryData": {
    "name": "East Germany",
    "officialName": "German Democratic Republic",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "cs": "germany-hist/de-east-germany.cs.svg",
  "trivia": "- East Germany used a flag with the hammer and compass (communist symbols) from 1959 to 1990\n - The flag represented the German Democratic Republic under Soviet influence\n - East and West Germany reunified in 1990, returning to the black-red-gold tricolour",
  "article": "germany-hist/de-east-germany.md",
  "_name": "East Germany (GDR)",
  "_namespace": "germany-hist",
  "_namePart": "de-east-germany"
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