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Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg 1826-1918 (Germany)

Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg

2:3
Landesfarben
by Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted 1832, abolished c.1893, readopted shortly after, abolished 1918

Introduction
Civil Flag 1832-c.1893 and late 1890's-1918 (Landesfarben)
Civil Flag c.1893-late 1890's (Landesfarben)
State Flag 1826-1918 (Landesflagge)
Duke's Standard 1826-1909 (Herzogsstandarte)
Duke's Standard 1909-1918 (Herzogsstandarte)

See also:

Clicable map of Saxon Duchies 1871-1918 (Germany)
Historical Flags (Thuringia, Germany)
Thuringia (Thuringen)
Germany

Other sites:

Greater Arms of Saxe-Altenburg (scanned from Ströhl 1897) at the Das Kaiserreich website
Saxe-Altenburg Coat-of-Arms at Ralf Hartemink's International Civic Arms website

Introduction

Reading Mario Fabretto's words, it appears that the three successive flags were:

1832 - c.1893: green-white, no arms (de-sb832.gif)
c.1893 - shortly after: white-green with arms
shortly after 1893 - 1918: green-white with arms (de_saa1.gif)

So apparently the image for 1893 (de-sb893.gif) is incorrect in that it misses the arms. However, I would find more logical a co-existance of Landesfarben (with no arms) and Landesflagge (with arms), throughout 1832-1918, with varying order of stripes. In that case we would have:

1832 - c.1893: green-white
- Landesfarben: de-sb832.gif
- Landesflagge: de_saa1.gif
c.1893 - shortly after: white-green
- Landesfarben: de-sb893.gif
- Landesflagge: no GIF
shortly after 1893 - 1918: green-white
- Landesfarben: de-sb832.gif
- Landesflagge: de_saa1.gif

Can anybody help?

Santiago Dotor, 8 February 2001

Civil Flag 1832-c.1893 and late 1890's-1918

Landesfarben

2:3
Landesfarben
by Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted 1832, abolished c.1893, readopted shortly after, abolished 1918

Horizontal bicolor white-green. In use until 1918.

Norman Martin, March 1998

In 1832 a green-white flag was adopted. Toward 1893 the flag became white-green with the coat of arms and was declared National flag. Shortly later it was again used green over white until 1918.

Mario Fabretto, 31 August 1998

Civil Flag c.1893-late 1890's

Landesfarben

2:3
by Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted c.1893, abolished shortly after

State Flag 1826-1918

Landesflagge

by Jaume Ollé

Horizontal bicolor green-white with crowned Saxon arms at center. In use until 1918.

Norman Martin, March 1998

Duke's Standard 1826-1909

Herzogsstandarte

by Jaume Ollé

White flag with crowned Saxon arms and supporters at center. In use until 1918.

Norman Martin, March 1998

The small pennons were white-green from 1893, previously green-white. This standard was in use until 1909; later was adopted one with eight white and green stripes with the Saxon device in the canton (1:1).

Mario Fabretto, 31 August 1998

Duke's Standard 1909-1918

Herzogsstandarte

1:1
by Alvan Fisher, Mark Sensen and Santiago Dotor
Flag adopted 1909, abolished 1918

According to Norman Martin, the 1909-1918 standard had (...) eight stripes white-green, and a square canton which was a banner of the Saxon arms (10 stripes black-yellow and a green crancelin).

Santiago Dotor, 8 February 2001

Neubecker 1933 shows the standard in proportions 1:1.

Santiago Dotor, 21 June 2001

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