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Template:Country data East Germany is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as flag, flagicon, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`East Germany`	Main article name (East Germany)
`flag alias`	`Flag of East Germany.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of East Germany.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1949`		`Flag of Germany.svg`
`EUA`		`German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg`
`naval`		`Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg`
`military`		`Flag of NVA (East Germany).svg`
`navy`		`Flag of warships of VM (East Germany).svg`
`army`		`Flag of NVA (East Germany).svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`((flag\|alias))` output	`((flagcountry\|alias))` output
`GDR` (view)	GDR	East Germany
`DDR` (view)	DDR	East Germany
`German Democratic Republic` (view)	German Democratic Republic	East Germany

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

((flag|East Germany)) → East Germany
((flagicon|East Germany)) →

Using a flag variant

((flag|East Germany|1949)) → East Germany
((flagicon|East Germany|1949)) →

Using a redirect alias

((flagicon|GDR)) →
((flagcountry|GDR)) → East Germany
((flag|GDR)) → GDR

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval flag variant that can be used with Template:Naval:

((naval|East Germany)) → Volksmarine
((flagicon|East Germany|naval)) →

This nation's air force ensign is the same as its national flag, so Template:Air force produces the following:

((air force|East Germany)) → Air Forces of the National People's Army

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

((Armed forces|East Germany)) → National People's Army
((flagicon|East Germany|military)) →

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

((navy|East Germany)) → Volksmarine
((flagicon|East Germany|navy)) →

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

((army|East Germany)) → Land Forces of the National People's Army
((flagicon|East Germany|army)) →

Related templates

Please see the following related country_data templates:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Country data East Germany in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Country data East Germany

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