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Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1815-1918 (Lower Saxony, Germany)

grossherzogtum oldenburg

3:5 image byM. Schmöger
Civil Flag 1774-1871,1921-1935 andsince 1952

• Civil Flags and Ensigns 19th Century-1935:
• 19th Century Flag (reported 1820, 1848 and 1862)
• Civil Flag 1774-1871 (Landesflagge, reported1848)
• Civil Ensign until 1871 and Civil Flag 1871-1918
• Optional Civil Flag (Landesfarben)
• State Flags and Ensigns:
• State Flag until 1918 (Staatsflagge)
• Unidentified and Reported Variants
• State Ensign 1893-1921 (Service Flag for State Vesselsand State Maritime Buildings)

• Grand Ducal Standards until 1918 (Standartendes Grossherzoglichen Hauses)
• Historical Flags (Oldenburg, Germany)
• Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen, Germany)
• Germany

Civil Flags and Ensigns 19th Century-1935

If I understand correctly, the situation with civil flags and ensigns was:

• until 1871:
• civil flag:blue with red St. George cross;
• civil ensign:blue with red Scandinavian cross.
• 1871-1918:
• civil flag:blue with red Scandinavian cross;
• civil ensign:blue with red Scandinavian cross.
• 1921-1935 and1952-nowadays:
• civil flag:blue with red St. George cross;
• civil ensign: none.

I think so, but am uncertain about civil ensign during 1921-35 and even 1871-1918, since increasingly after 1871, German ships used theGerman nationalHandelsflagge [civil ensign] rather than any state civil ensign.
Norman Martin, 22 Sep 2000

19th Century Flag

Civil Flag 1774-1871
Landesflagge 1774-1871

3:5  Image byM. Schmöger

Reported 1848: A red St. George cross on a blue field.Landesflagge1921-1935. In use for local and regional authoritiessince 1952.
Norman Martin, Mar 1998

In use 1774-1935 according toZnamierowski1999.
Santiago Dotor, 22 Sep 2000

The St George cross and the Scandinavian cross are only different from their historic use. The first was in the beginning mainly used on land (military banner) and it was/is the symbol of a Saint, the second was mainly used at sea and was /is the symbol of Jesus Christ. Crosses in flags at sea were often set to the hoist (and not only crosses). One example: the flag of Oldenburg was blue with a red St George cross on land. At sea the flag was in the beginningblue with a red Scandinavian cross. This fact was so usual that the difference between both flags was never described.
Ralf Stelter, 13 Feb 2001

Civil Ensign until 1871 and Civil Flag 1871-1918

3:5 ( 1871-1918)Image byŽeljko Heimer

A red Scandinavian cross on a blue field. After 1871,Landesflaggeuntil 1918.
Norman Martin, Mar 1998

Optional Civil Flag
Landesfarben

2:3 Image byJorge Candeias

Red-blue bicolour.
Norman Martin, Mar 1998

Red over blue.Norman Martin and other sources report dark blue.
Jaume Oll�, 1 Jul 1998

TheLandesfarben was anoptional civil flag, but when theLandesflagge was popular (as was often the case in traditionally maritime states), the use of theLandesfarben was limited.
Norman Martin, 22 Sep 2000

State Flag until 1918
Staatsflagge

2:3 Image byJaume Oll�

A red St. George cross on a blue field. At the center a white square with the greater arms of the Grand Duchy: Central shield:

1. County of Oldenburg (family arms);
2. County of Delmenhorst (family arms);
3. Prince-Bishopric of Lubeck (principality of Eutin);
4. Principality of Birkenfield;
5. Lordship of Jever.

1. Kingdom ofNorway;
2. Duchy of Schleswig;
3. Duchy of Holstein;
4. Territory of Stormarn;
5. Territory of Dithmarschen;
6. Lordship of Kniphausen.

The Oldenburg Maritime Museum at Brake shows a GD Oldenburg flag onitssite (fifth photo from top). It is a variant of the one at FOTW-ws, i.e. "State Flag until 1918" - on the Brake museum flag the small state arms are shown, listed 1-5 by Norman Martin. The blue field, however, is dark rather than very light.
Jan Mertens, 13 Aug 2005

As far as I can say, Oldenburg flags always had dark blue, the image (by Jaume) is certainly wrong in this.
M. Schmöger, 14 Aug 2005

Unidentified and Reported Variants

Image byJaume Oll�

I am not sure what the status of this flag may be. It looks like a variant of theStaatsflagge, or possibly an early version of theGrandDuke's flag.
Norman Martin, 21 Sep2000

Also reported is a red Scandinavian cross on blue, with (on the prime minister's standard) a white square at the crossing and arms on it.Source:States of 1897 inArndt 1979.
Jan Kuhlmann, 5 Dec 1995

State Ensign 1893-1921

2:3 Image byJaume Oll�

Service Flag for State Vessels and State Maritime Buildings: Like thePrussian State Ensign for Sea Services 1895-1918,except the canton contains the crowned small arms of Oldenburg. Adopted 1893 and abandoned by 1921. Illustrated inCrampton 1990 p. 42,Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1912 vol. 4,National Geographic 1917 p. 367, nos. 999 and 1005.
Norman Martin, Mar 1998