Which German state had a black, red and gold flag with a hammer, compass and spike wreath?
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Correct answer to question 187: GDR
Explanation
The GDR flag carried, on top of black-red-gold, the state emblem of hammer (workers), compass (intelligentsia) and ear-of-wheat wreath (farmers). The emblem was added in 1959; the Federal Republic uses the plain black-red-gold tricolour without symbol.
The question in German, as it appears in the test
Welcher deutsche Staat hatte eine schwarz-rot-goldene Flagge mit Hammer, Zirkel und Ährenkranz?
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